Walking for Stress Reduction

Healthy Subjects Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Mindfulness Walking on Stress Reduction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01716832
• Other study ID #: Walking_Stress_Reduction
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 24, 2012
• Last updated: February 20, 2018
• Start date: March 2011
• Est. completion date: November 2011

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The effectiveness of a mindfulness walking program is tested in subjects with a high level of subjectively perceived stress.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 74
• Est. completion date: November 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy men and women between 18 and 65 years

• Increased level of stress (visual analog scale >40 mm (0-100))

Exclusion Criteria:

• Regular walking training in the last 6 weeks

• Medical therapy with psychopharmacological drugs

• Regular mindfulness based meditations/exercises in the last 6 weeks

• CAM therapies against stress in the last 6 weeks

• medium or severe chronic diseases

• Stress due to chronic diseases

• Acute disease at inclusion

• Not being able to walk

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Subjects

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness Walking
Mindful walking in a small group twice a week for 60 minutes within 4 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Charité University Berlin	Berlin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cohens Perceived Stress Scale 14 Items		4 weeks
Secondary	Quality of Life (SF 36)		Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks
Secondary	Subjective Stress Level (Visual Analogue Scale)		Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks
Secondary	Assessment of effect on a Likert - Scale		4 weeks, 12 weeks