Recruiting

Qoyangnuptu

Sponsor:

Northern Arizona University

Code:

NCT06254924

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

QI App Users

Parents/Guardians of QI App Users

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of using a mobile health app, the Qoyangnuptu Intervention App (QI App) a Southwestern Tribal Community. The main questions it aims to answer are:

In American Indian/Alaska Native communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of behavioral health?; How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment?

Participants will:

  • Receive daily guidance and encouragement to use the app from an anonymous, trained peer mentor
  • Be able to ask their peer mentors questions in a monitored one-on-one chat in the QI app or in a monitored group chat in the QI app
  • Log their mood and stress level on the app once per day
  • Practice mindfulness skills as directed in the QI app, including guided breathing, meditation, drawing, coloring, and walking
  • Practice Hopi cultural activities like running using the QI app to help track progress towards team mileage goals

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Study ID

NCT06254924

Start date

Aug 30, 2024

Status verified date

Aug, 2024

Completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 14-25 years old
  • Belongs to Southwestern Tribal community
  • Has a smartphone capable of running the QI App
  • Is able to access the Internet with smartphone at least once per day

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 14 or older than 25
  • Does not belong to Southwestern Tribal Community
  • Does not have a smartphone capable of running the QI App
  • Is not able to access the Internet with smartphone at least once per day

Study Design

Enrollment

24 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: QI App Users

Participants will be asked to use the QI App once per day for 5-10 minutes per day for 6 weeks.

experimental: Parents/Guardians of QI App Users

Parents/guardians of QI App users will be aware that their child is using the QI App once per day for 5-10 minutes per day for 6 weeks.

Interventions

QI App Users

QI App users will be asked to complete a daily, 2-question mood and stress survey. They will be encouraged to use the QI App to practice mindfulness skills including meditation, drawing, coloring, breathing, and walking. They will be encouraged to use the QI App to help them participate in asynchronous group running activities.

Parents/Guardians of QI App Users

Parents/Guardians of QI App users will be informed that their child is using the QI App for a 6-week period.

Primary outcome measure

  • To measure the acceptability of the QI App. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting the app, 12 weeks after starting the app ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Morgan Vigil-Hayes, PhD

9285234863morgan.vigil-hayes@nau.edu

Marissa Adams, MPH

marissa.adams@nau.edu

Locations

Northern Arizona University

Recruiting

Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, 86011

Contacts

Marissa Adams

marissa.adams@nau.edu

Morgan Vigil-Hayes, PhD

morgan.vigil-hayes@nau.edu

Principal Investigator:

Morgan Vigil-Hayes, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Northern Arizona University

Last update posted

Jan 23, 2025

Last verified

Aug, 2024

Keywords

  • American Indian / Alaska Native
  • mHealth

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-16. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northern Arizona University on 2025-01-23.