AI-Guided Stress Management Breathing Practices Via a Wearable Device
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: AI-guided breathing practices, Progressive muscle relaxation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Stress Reduction. Basic parameters: 18 years — 30 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
AI-Guided Stress Management Breathing Practices Using a Wearable Device: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This study explores the effectiveness of AI-guided breathing practices for stress management in adults. In this randomized controlled trial, 120 participants will be recruited and assigned to an intervention group (n=90) or a control group (n=30). The study includes four brief breathing practices, guided by a wristband. The intervention group will interact with an AI chatbot to receive a personalized daily breathing plan for 28 days, adjusted weekly based on feedback. Meanwhile, the control group will practice progressive muscle relaxation daily. It is hypothesized that, the intervention group will have significantly improvements in stress management and emotion regulation skills compare to the control group. These group differences are expected to persist at 1-month, 3-month and 6-month follow-up assessment.
Interventions
- Behavioral AI-guided breathing practices
Participant will obtain a wristband with a built-in breathing practices program when assigned to the intervention group. Four kinds of breathing practices are included, which are bee breathing, diaphragmatic breathing, box breathing and 4-7-8 breathing. A specially prompted AI chat bot interviews the participant and designs a personalized daily breathing practice plan according to participant's preference and daily stress. Participant follows the plan in the following 28-day intervention period. - Behavioral Progressive muscle relaxation
Participant practices progressive muscle relaxation for 5 minutes daily.
Primary outcome measures
- Perceived stress [Time frame: baseline, daily for 28 days, post-treatment(5 weeks), 10 weeks, 18 weeks, 30 weeks]
- Emotion [Time frame: baseline, daily for 28 days, post-treatment(5 weeks), 10 weeks, 18 weeks, 30 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Sleep quality [Time frame: baseline, mid-treatment(2 weeks), post-treatment(5 weeks), 10 weeks, 18 weeks, 30 weeks]
- Alexithymia [Time frame: baseline, mid-treatment(2 weeks), post-treatment(5 weeks), 10 weeks, 18 weeks, 30 weeks]
- Irritation [Time frame: baseline, mid-treatment(2 weeks), post-treatment(5 weeks), 10 weeks, 18 weeks, 30 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Currently enrolled college students.
- Aged between 18 and 30 years old.
Exclusion criteria
- Current or past history of psychotic disorders.
- Using contraceptives, cortisol, beta-blockers, antidepressants, or other psychiatric medications, as well as medications for chronic diseases during the intervention and follow-up periods.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Peking University — Beijing
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06881875 · AI-Guided Breathing Practices