Clinical trial · Interventional
Effectiveness of a Self-health Assessment Mobile Application in Young-to-midlife Adults in Hong Kong
Effectiveness of Self-health Assessment Mobile Application to Promote Health Awareness, Empower Patients and Improve Linkage-to-care Amongst Young-to-midlife Adults in Hong Kong: a Randomised Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This project aims to compare the effectiveness of Wellnuts, an evidence-based, algorithm-driven self-health assessment mobile application, in empowering asymptomatic young-to-midlife adults in Hong Kong, promoting health awareness, and improving health-seeking behaviour and linkage-to-care, compared with conventional web-based health resources. Participants will be randomly allocated to the mobile health intervention group (Wellnuts app with self-health assessment and health information) and the conventional web-based resources control group (health information from Centre for Health Protection website). Hopefully, population health will be improved with the general health promotion impact from the app.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| CVD Risk | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Diabetes Risk | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| HBV | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web-based health resources | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Wellnuts app intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- description
- Participants allocated to the intervention group will use the Wellnuts mobile application.
- interventionNames
- Other: Wellnuts app intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control group
- description
- Participants allocated to the control group will receive access to conventional web-based health resources from the Centre for Health Protection website which is run by the Department of Health.
- interventionNames
- Other: Web-based health resources
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportion of participants who sought medical assistance
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 25 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Hong Kong residents self-reported age of 25-65 years; * Possesses a smartphone capable of running mobile apps (e.g. Android or iPhone) and; * Able to read either English or Chinese. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals having any symptoms or feeling unwell in anyways as detailed in the Disclaimer at the launch of the app; or * Individuals reporting a current diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, hepatitis B, colorectal cancer, diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases, depression, anxiety and mild cognitive impairment and memory loss.
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