Calm Science

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Calm Research Publications

A Novel Educational Control Group Mobile App for Meditation Interventions: Single-Group Feasibility Trial

Huberty J, Eckert R, Puzia M, Laird B, Larkey L, Mesa R (2020)

JMIR Form Res

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Associations Between Rural or Urban Status, Health Outcomes and Behaviors, and COVID-19 Perceptions Among Meditation App Users: Longitudinal Survey Study

Bhuiyan N, Puzia M, Stecher C, Huberty J (2021)

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Can a meditation app help my sleep? A cross-sectional survey of Calm users

Huberty, J., Puzia, M. E., Larkey, L., Vranceanu, A. M., & Irwin, M. R. (2021)

PloS one

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Describing the Use of a Mindfulness-Based App for Sleep and Mental Well-Being, Across Age, in Children

Neher, T., Green, J., Puzia, M. et al. (2021)

Child Youth Care Forum

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Does persistent meditation and physical activity mediate the relationship between perceptions of COVID-19 and and mental health? A cross-sectional survey of mobile app users in the United States

Green, J., Huberty, H., Puzia, M., & Stecher, C. (2020)

Research Gate

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Evaluation of Mood Check-in Feature for Participation in Meditation Mobile App Users: Retrospective Longitudinal Analysis

Huberty J, Green J, Puzia M, Stecher C (2021)

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Feasibility of Using a Mobile App for Stress in Middle-Aged Men and Women

Laird BM, Puzia M, Larkey L, Ehlers D, Huberty J. (2021)

JMIR Formative Research

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Identifying App-Based Meditation Habits and the Associated Mental Health Benefits: Longitudinal Observational Study

Stecher, C., Berardi, V., Fowers, R., Christ, J., Chung, Y., & Huberty, J. (2021)

Journal of medical Internet research

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Leveraging a Consumer-Based Product to Develop a Cancer-Specific Mobile Meditation App: Prototype Development Study

Huberty J, Bhuiyan N, Neher T, Joeman L, Mesa R, Larkey L (2022)

JMIR Formative Research

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A mindfulness meditation mobile app improves depression and anxiety in adults with sleep disturbance: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Huberty, J., Puzia, M., Green, J., Vlisides-Henry, R., Larkey, L., Irwin, M., & Vranceanu (2021)

General Hospital Psychiatry

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Mindfulness effects during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in outpatient obstetrics/gynecology patients: A randomized controlled trial

Smith, R., Mahnert, N., Foote, J., Saunders, K., Mourad, J., & Huberty, J. (2021)

Obstet Gynecol

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The Effect of Meditation and Physical Activity on the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19–Related Stress and Attention to News Among Mobile App Users in the United States: Cross-sectional Survey

Green J, Huberty J, Puzia M, Stecher C (2021)

JMIR Ment Health

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Using Personalized Anchors to Establish Routine Meditation Practice with a Mobile App: Randomized Controlled Trial

Stecher, C., Sullivan, M., & Huberty, J. (2021)

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Usage patterns of the Calm meditation app among people with cardiovascular disease

Luberto, C.M., Huberty, J., Puzia, M.E., & Vranceanu, A.M. (2021)

Mindfulness

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Testing a mindfulness meditation mobile app for the treatment of sleep-related symptoms in adults with sleep disturbance: A randomized controlled trial

Huberty, J, Green, J., Puzia, M.E., Larkey, L., Laird, B., Vranceanu, A.M., Vlisides-Henry, R.D., & Irwin, M.R. (2021)

PLOS ONE.

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Mental health and meditation practices of pregnant women during COVID-19

Huberty, J., Puzia, M.E., Green, J., & Stecher, C. (2021)

Obstetrics and Gynecology Research, 4, 001-006

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Use of the consumer-based meditation app Calm for sleep disturbances: Cross-sectional survey study

Huberty, J., Puzia, M.E., Larkey, L., Irwin, M.R., & Vranceanu, A.M. (2020)

JMIR Formative Research

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Parents’ perceptions of their children’s engagement in a consumer-based meditation mobile app: Cross-sectional survey study

Puzia, M.E., Laird, B., Green, J., Huberty, J. (2020)

Journal of Internet Medical Research - Pediatrics and Parenting

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Associations between global mental health and response to an app-based meditation intervention in myeloproliferative neoplasm patients

Puzia, M.E., Huberty, J., Eckert, R., Larkey, L., Mesa, R. (2020)

Integrative Cancer Therapies

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Characteristics and usage patterns among 12,151 paid subscribers of the Calm meditation app: Cross-sectional survey

Huberty, J., Vranceanu, A.M., Carney, C., Breus, M., Gordon, M., Puzia, M.E. (2019)

Journal of Medical Internet Research - mHealth uHealth

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Cancer patients’ and survivors’ perceptions of the Calm app: cross-sectional descriptive survey

Huberty, J., Puzia, M.E., Eckert, R., Larkey, L. (2019)

Journal of Medical Internet Research - Cancer

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Experiences of using a consumer-based mobile meditation app to improve fatigue in myeloproliferative patients: Qualitative study

Huberty, J., Eckert, R., Larkey, L. Joeman, L., Mesa, R. (2019)

Journal of Medical Internet Research - Cancer

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Smartphone-based meditation for myeloproliferative neoplasm patients: A feasibility study to inform future trials

Huberty, J., Eckert, R., Larkey, L., Kurka, J., Rodriguez, S., Yoo, W., Mesa, R. (2019)

Journal of Medical Internet Research - Formative Research

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Testing the efficacy of a mindfulness meditation mobile app, Calm, to reduce stress among college students: A randomized controlled trial

Huberty, J., Green, J., Glissman, C., Larkey, L., Puzia, M.E., Lee, C. (2019)

Journal of Medical Internet Research - mHealth uHealth

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Sample of findings

When using Calm, participants report a boost in overall well-being*

84% Saw improvements in mental health

81% Reported less stress

73% Expressed higher sleep quality

*Based on a study using survey data from general Calm subscribers who used the app more than five times per week