Breathing Techniques and Meditation for Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Infection Clinical Trial

Official title:

Breathing Techniques and Meditation for Health Care Workers During COVID-19

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04482647
• Other study ID #: 2020-0483
• Secondary ID: NCI-2020-0493120
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: June 17, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase I trial investigates breathing techniques and meditation for health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic. Breathing techniques and medication may help manage stress and improve lung health. The goal of this trial is to learn if breathing techniques and meditation may help to reduce stress and improve lung health in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To demonstrate the feasibility of a short pranayama or breathing techniques and meditation during Covid-19 pandemic.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the adherence to the practice assessed as at least 50% of participants implement the intervention for 3 or more times in a week by the end of week 1/day 7 (+ 3 days).

II. To determine the change in resilience, perceived stress and psychological impact from day 0 today 28 as measured by the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS4), and COVID-19 Stress among health care workers questionnaire.

III. To determine the changes in breath holding time measured weekly for 4 weeks.

IV. To determine the differences in breath holding time between those who are adherent and those who are not adherent to the practice.

OUTLINE:

Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes twice daily (BID) for 28 days.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be able to read and understand English

• Must be employed at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Exclusion Criteria:

• Epilepsy

• Brain tumor

• Brain aneurysm

• Pregnant or trying to get pregnant

• Brain bleeding in the past 1 year

• Recent abdominal surgery and not cleared to exercise

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Infection

Intervention

Other:
• Media Intervention
View instructional video

Procedure:
• Meditation Therapy
Perform meditation

Other:
• Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
• Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies

Procedure:
• Yoga
Perform breathing techniques

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	M D Anderson Cancer Center	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants Recruited to the Study (Feasibility)	To demonstrate the feasibility of a short pranayama or breathing techniques and meditation during Covid-19 pandemic. Feasibility will be defined as recruitment of 50 participants to the study within 2 months.	Within 2 months
Primary	Number of Participants Who Perceived the Intervention as Useful	Defined as more than 50% of participants perceive the intervention as useful. Meditation perception questions were asked such as usefulness, feeling at peace, hopeful, or relaxed, and responses were recorded as strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree at weeks 1 and 4.	Week 1 and Week 4
Secondary	Change in Resilience	Measured by the Brief Resilient Coping Scale among health care workers questionnaire.	4 weeks
Secondary	Perceive Stress and Psychological Impact	Measured by the Perceived Stress Scale and COVID-19 Stress among health care workers questionnaire.	4 weeks
Secondary	Breath Holding Time	Will determine the differences in breath holding time between those who are adherent and those who are not adherent to the practice.	4 weeks
Secondary	Adherence to the Practice	Will determine the adherence to the practice assessed as at least 50% of participants implement the intervention for 3 or more times in a week by the end of week 1/day 7 (+ 3 days).	4 weeks