U.S., Nov. 5 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07916818) titled 'High-Tech, High-Touch' on Sept. 30.
Brief Summary: Medical students often experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and poor sleep, especially during their first year and around exams. This study looked at whether adding hands-on osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) to a wellness program built around a wearable ring and an artificial intelligence (AI) health coaching app could help first-year medical students.
Forty-three first-year osteopathic medical students at one college took part. Each student was randomly assigned, by chance rather than by choice, to one of three groups for 23 weeks: a wearable ring alone; a wearable rin...