A Mobile App for Hot Flashes and Sleep Disturbances

Description

The purpose of the study is to compare the possible efficacy and acceptability of two mobile health applications for the reduction of hot flashes and related symptoms.This study is completely remote, and participants will be be asked to engage with a mobile health application daily for five weeks and provide feedback and experience with the app.

Conditions

Hot Flashes

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Study overview

The purpose of the study is to compare the possible efficacy and acceptability of two mobile health applications for the reduction of hot flashes and related symptoms.This study is completely remote, and participants will be be asked to engage with a mobile health application daily for five weeks and provide feedback and experience with the app.

A Mobile App for Hot Flashes and Sleep Disturbances (Evia): Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mobile App for Hot Flashes and Sleep Disturbances

Condition
Hot Flashes
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Waco

Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States, 76706

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 40 years or older and able to consent to participate in the study.
  • * Self-reported history of a minimum of 36 hot flashes per week at baseline.
  • * Ability to access the app to which the participant is randomized to (the Evia app or the Talli Care app).
  • * Ability to speak and understand English. Non-English speakers are not considered in this study because the Apps are currently only offered in English.
  • * New or changes in the current use of any prescription or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments for hot flashes during the duration of the intervention. \[If the participant is already using any prescription or CAM, they will be asked to provide details of ingredients, dose and frequency. They will be permitted to participate in the study if they agree to no change for the duration of their participation in the study and otherwise meet inclusion criteria.\]
  • * Does not have access to a Smartphone
  • * Severe or unstable medical or psychiatric illness.
  • * Current use of hypnosis for any condition.

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Baylor University,

Study Record Dates

2025-05