Mindfulness app v3: match published interventions to this version
Real sources · Illustrative request · Sample version
Customer question
Fictional v3 targets working adults with ten minutes daily for four weeks and a subjective-stress outcome.
Which design lessons transfer from published meditation studies, and which findings do not transfer to this app?
Related studies inform design. Without matching content, guidance, population and duration, they do not establish v3 efficacy.
Published research versus app v3
| Check / stage | Chart content |
|---|---|
| Published reference | Goyal 2014: 47 trials; low evidence for stress/distress outcomes |
| Product content | v3 fixed recordings; document guidance and version |
| Population/duration | Working adults, four weeks; match against each study |
| Outcome boundary | Separate subjective stress, short-term relaxation, retention and satisfaction |
The 47 trials and evidence rating come from the published review; app use is hypothetical. The review is not a trial of this app or a current complete evidence synthesis.
Analysis excerpt
| Check | Finding / sample content | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Content mismatch | Guided courses are not automatically equivalent to unguided recordings | Record usable design lessons and nontransferable conclusions |
| Evaluation question | Post-use score changes may involve expectation, natural change and missingness | Prespecify comparator, measure and adverse-experience recording |
Delivery manifest
| File | Format | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| app-intervention-map.xlsx | XLSX | Match v3 content, frequency, guidance and population to related studies. |
| claim-evidence-review.pdf | Claim support, intervention differences, negative/uncertain evidence and applicability limits. | |
| app-evaluation-framework.docx | DOCX | Stress question, comparator, time points, adherence and adverse-experience framework. |
This is an illustrative formal delivery manifest. This pack supplies an HTML report, CSV tables and a source register. Agree formal formats, quantities and scope in the quote.
Acceptance criteria
- Product and population evidence is distinguished from method-category evidence; direct and indirect correspondence is traceable.
- Support measures, usage behaviour and disease outcomes remain separate; short-term change is not labelled long-term benefit.
- The framework includes comparator, measurement, adherence, withdrawal and adverse feedback, retaining unknown and contrary findings.
Sources
- Goyal et al., 2014: Meditation programs for psychological stress — systematic review
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1809754 - NCCIH: Meditation and mindfulness — effectiveness and safety
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/meditation-and-mindfulness-effectiveness-and-safety