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Frequently asked questions about hermaid.SHFT
hermaid.SHFT is funded by the employer as a workplace health management (BGM) measure – there are no costs for your employees. You will receive the price individually on request.
In the effectiveness study, participants use hermaid.SHFT independently in the app for twelve weeks. Before and after use, they complete questionnaires designed to take a maximum of 30 minutes. Reading the study information and giving consent takes another 20 minutes at most.
Managers complete at least one questionnaire on structural aspects of their department – for example, on what is already being done to design work in a gender-sensitive way. Short interviews or a focus group are possible in addition.
hermaid.SHFT is a research project by hermaid and Charité Berlin (running until the end of 2027): a digital program to improve sleep in shift work. It combines three focus areas: sleep, shift work and hormonal changes in midlife – with dedicated modules for women in perimenopause and menopause and for men in andropause.
For women and men aged 40 and over who work shifts and suffer from sleep problems. In the study, sleep problems are assessed at the start using established questionnaires (Insomnia Severity Index and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index).
Hormonal changes in midlife can make sleep in shift work even harder. That is why SHFT addresses this phase specifically – and the Charité study explicitly examines gender differences and care gaps in sleep disorders in shift work.
No. Sleep can also be recorded manually in the app. In a subgroup of the study, additional data is collected using wearables.
Cooperation companies join from Q4/2026. After the intro call and onboarding of your company – involving your company representatives and occupational physicians – participants, employees and managers, are informed and give consent. A baseline questionnaire follows, then random assignment to the program group or the waitlist group. The program group uses hermaid.SHFT for twelve weeks. Afterwards, both groups complete a final questionnaire, and then the waitlist group starts as well.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Gender Research in Medicine) accompanies SHFT in two steps: in the pilot, the program, questionnaires and processes are developed and tested together with participants and managers (four weeks of use, questionnaires and focus groups). This is followed by a cluster-randomized controlled trial with a waitlist control group that examines effectiveness.
No. Your company has no access to individual health data. For the operational insights – such as proposals on rotation direction or break arrangements – only aggregated sleep data is compared with your existing shift schedules. Hosting is in Germany or the EU.
hermaid is a CE-certified Class I medical device under MDR 2017/745. This means the application undergoes a regulated conformity assessment and is subject to medical device requirements for safety and quality – unlike many pure wellness or lifestyle apps.
All study participants – including managers – receive study information before the start and actively give consent. Participation is voluntary.

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