Health@NUS - Studying Health Behaviours and Well-being During the Student-to-Work Life Transition Using mHealth

NCT05154227 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Health@NUS
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate body-weight and behavioural trajectories, as well as their underlying individual, social, and environmental determinants from University to early working life. The study employs mHealth approaches in the form of a smartphone app and smart wearables to collect health behaviour and related information to answer the following research questions:

1. 1.To what extend do health behaviours (activity, diet, and sleep), body weight, and mental well-being change during the transition from university to early working life?
2. 2.What is the relationship between health behaviours and mental well-being, and how does it differ at different stages of the transition from University to early working life?
3. 3.What are the determinants of physical activity, healthy eating and sleep in university students and young working adults?
4. 4.Do these determinants differ at different stages of the student to work life transition?
5. 5.If so, how do these differences in these determinants relate to changes in health behaviours, weight status, and mental well-being?

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

mhealth; young adults cohort

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Changes in health behaviours - physical activity

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up

• Changes in health behaviours - dietary pattern

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up

• Changes in health behaviours - sleep pattern

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up

• Changes in health behaviours - mental well-being

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Blood pressure (mmHG)

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up

• Resting heart rate (bpm)

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up

• Body Mass Index (kg/m^2)

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up

• Waist circumference (cm)

  Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 26 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This is a cohort of National University of Singapore (NUS) (undergraduate and postgraduate) students.

You may qualify if:

• Full time National University of Singapore students (undergraduate and postgraduate)
• Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident;
• Has a Singapore registered mobile number• Owns a mobile phone with operating system that is compatible with the study app (iOS 10 or Android 7 and above);
• Able to make the upfront deposit of $20 and able to set up the Direct Debit Authorization (DDA) for possible deductions by HPB;
• Able to understand the study procedure during the informed consent taking process.

You may not qualify if:

• Students who will be overseas for more than 6 weeks per trip during the study period (e.g. involved in overseas exchange/internship programmes or stationed overseas) or travelling frequently;
• Students who are not able to set up the DDA via online method will be excluded;
• Students who has worked in a full-time position for more than a year previously;
• Pregnant women will be excluded only at the point of recruitment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National University of Singapore: lead
• Health Promotion Board, Singapore: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

Singapore, 117597, Singapore

RECRUITING

Related Publications (3)

• Zheng S, Chua XH, Edney SM, Goh CM, Tai BC, Chia J, Koek D, van Dam RM, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Movement and dietary behaviours and mental health among university students: the Health@NUS study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Sep 24;25(1):3100. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24340-5.

  PMID: 40993637 DERIVED

• Chua XH, Edney SM, Muller AM, Petrunoff NA, Whitton C, Tay Z, Goh CMJL, Chen B, Park SH, Rebello SA, Low A, Chia J, Koek D, Cheong K, van Dam RM, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Health@NUS mHealth Augmented Cohort Study Examining Student-to-Work Life Transition: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jul 17;13:e56749. doi: 10.2196/56749.

  PMID: 39018103 DERIVED

• Edney S, Goh CM, Chua XH, Low A, Chia J, S Koek D, Cheong K, van Dam R, Tan CS, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Evaluating the Effects of Rewards and Schedule Length on Response Rates to Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys: Randomized Controlled Trials. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Oct 19;25:e45764. doi: 10.2196/45764.

  PMID: 37856188 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Falk Müller-Riemenschneider

  National University of Singapore

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Chua Xin Hui

CONTACT

+65-6601-1940; xinhui.chua@nus.edu.sg

Tay Zoey

CONTACT

ephtz@nus.edu.sg

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 16, 2021
• First Posted: December 13, 2021
• Study Start: October 20, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2023
• Study Completion: November 1, 2023
• Last Updated: December 13, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Locations

SG (1)