Circles App Evaluation Trial Data

This dataset was produced in a 4 week randomised control trial of the Circles app v2, from the SERVICE project (https://serviceproject.org.uk/) funded by the EPSRC. <br> <strong>The SERVICE project is a non-profit academic effort to understand and support the emotional needs of older adults impacted by COVID-19.</strong> <br> <br> We seek to understand experiences of the pandemic among older people and their supporters. <br> <br> We are creating a non-profit and open-source digital platform which helps people support each other while respecting and protecting their privacy and security. <br> <br> <br> <br> <strong>Our planned academic contributions are:</strong> <br> <br> To share multi-method datasets, presentations, and publications on older people’s experiences of COVID-19, well-being, loneliness, emotion regulation, and social support. <br> This dataset contains 1) csv file with pre, mid, and end point survey data (0, 2 weeks, 4 weeks) captured from January 2022, and the documentation accompanying the surveys including the qualtrics files. 2) anonymised app data collected by the Circles app over the 4 week trial. 3) screenshots of the Circles app. The code for the app itself is available on Github: https://github.com/OU-STEM-SIES/SERVICE_server and https://github.com/OU-STEM-SIES/SERVICE_mobile All data have been anonymised and are not linkable to participant personal information. <br> This study was approved by the ethics comittees at the collaborating institutions (Nottingham Trent University, University of Exeter, and the Open University). <br> Study Design: An online mixed methods 4-week randomised 2 x 3 trial with an app using group compared to a wait list control. The app group also completed post-trial interviews (transcripts have not been made available). <br> Methods: Older adults (<em>N</em>=102, aged 50+) completed three surveys with quantitative measures of loneliness, wellbeing, mental health. Participants in the app using group were encouraged to use the app daily to log their wellbeing, loneliness, activities, social connections and time spent in different locations. <br>