Evaluation of the Clear Fear App for young people experiencing anxiety
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluation of the smartphone Clear Fear App for young people experiencing anxiety.
IRAS ID
282244
Contact name
Nihara Krause
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
stem4
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
This is an evaluation of a new App called Clear Fear for young people who experience anxiety. The App was developed by a clinical psychologist and Chief Executive Officer of a mental health charity for children and young people called stem4. The App uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help tackle the symptoms of anxiety.
We would like to know if this App works well and if it can help young people manage symptoms of anxiety, especially if they are experiencing an anxiety attack. We will use a before and after design to see if the App is user friendly and if it helps reduce symptoms of anxiety in young people aged between 16-21 years. For participants the research will take place over a 9 week period. We aim to include up to 45 young people. We would like to collect information using online questionnaires at three different time points. Young people will be recruited via stem4’s networks, social media and their website. The project is divided into three phases:
Time 1: Introduction and familiarisation with the Clear Fear App;
Time 2: Post-familiarisation to see how participants found the App; and
Time 3: Follow-up after 9 weeks to see if the App was helpful.Data will be collected at each time point and during each phase to see if the App helped reduce their symptoms, their experience of using it and its safety.
REC name
London - City & East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/PR/0268
Date of REC Opinion
29 Sep 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion