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Filter by:This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial to gain further insights into possible effects of a standardized 6-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training on psychiatric rehabilitation inpatients and aims - to generate insights into which parameters of mental health, and especially emotion regulation, can be improved by MSC in this setting, - to compare effects of MSC training with an established relaxation training (i.e., progressive muscle relaxation; PMR) and - to determine the general conditions and patient characteristics influencing the effectiveness of MSC training.
This study investigates how different types of meditation may affect behaviors and emotions. The study is conducted entirely online and involves listening to 4-weeks of a guided meditation training. The meditation involves either Loving-Kindness or Relaxation techniques. The purpose of the study is to assess changes in behaviors and emotions using standard questionnaires, reports of real-world behavior, and online behavioral tasks. The overarching goal is to help clarify how mind-body practices may improve some aspects of well-being.
The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to evaluate the feasibility of providing a relaxation mindfulness meditation and an expressive digital arts activity among clinical staff at Dana Farber Cancer Institute .
Study Aim: This study will explore the feasibility and effectiveness of a yoga program for patients with IBS. Methods: A superiority RCT with 30 participants per group. Adult patients with IBS fluent in English who do not have major physical impairments or cognitive, psychological, or psychiatric disorder will be recruited and randomly using the REDCap randomization module to either a yoga intervention delivered (a) a yoga intervention delivered online led by a yoga facilitator or (b) a advice only control group. The 8-week Hatha Yoga intervention consists of Yoga Namaskar, Nadi Shuddhi (alternate nostril breathing), mantra chanting, and breath watching. Group 1: Yoga program. Participants will be asked to practice the yoga program daily at home and will be given access to the yoga videos hosted on the University of Calgary study website, as well as written program instructions, and frequently answered questions. A brief description of the video content will be provided to inform the participant of its content and length. Additional website content will include study information, study schedule, and contact information, as well as a pre-recorded educational session. In addition to the daily program describe above, the facilitator-led intervention will be delivered online by a certified yoga facilitator using the Microsoft Teams platform. Participants in group of 3 to 5 will be collated to enhance effectiveness of the study processes. Our team has experience with this approach, as this strategy is currently used with previous yoga study. Yoga classes will be held once per week for 8 weeks, with the first session lasting approximately 1.5 hours and subsequent sessions up to 60 minutes. The total allocated time for the introductory session will include the class set-up, introductions, educational material (please see below), overview of practices, teaching of practices, practice corrections/enhancements, modifications, and practice expectations. Each follow-up class will include review from the previous week, questions and answers, individual corrections and/or modifications. For individual corrections, the yoga facilitator will ask the participant to do the practices and receive corrections, if needed. Group 2. Advice-only control group. This group will receive general education on IBS, the mind and gut connection, and the role of mind-body therapies in the management of IBS. Effectiveness outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 8 weeks. The primary effectiveness outcome will be the severity of IBS symptoms, and secondary effectiveness outcomes include microbiome analysis, quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms, perceived stress, fatigue, and severity of somatic symptoms. Microbiome composition will be measured using shotgun metagenomic sequencing. Microbiome sequences will be analyzed for alpha diversity, beta diversity, species composition, functional composition and biomarker discovery. To determine the feasibility of each intervention, recruitment and attrition rates, adherence, program preferences and satisfaction, and adverse event outcomes will be evaluated.
The purpose of this study is to determine the preliminary effects of using a mobile app (i.e., Calm) to decrease overall stress in middle-aged (i.e., 40-64 years) men and women who report high stress (greater than 15 on PSS). The study design is a randomized control trial with baseline, post-intervention (4 weeks from baseline), and follow-up phone interview (5 weeks from baseline) assessments. Middle-aged adults will be randomized to either a Calm meditation Intervention group or an attention control podcast group. Participants will be randomized after the completion of baseline and informed consent. Specific aim 1: Determine the feasibility (acceptability, demand) of using CALM app at least 10 min/day to reduce stress (greater than 15 on Perceived Stress Scale [PSS]) in middle-aged men and women. Benchmarks for feasibility: (acceptability) Recruitment greater than 40 percent men; greater than 75 percent satisfied with intervention; 75 percent perceive daily meditation and app components as appropriate and useful; (demand) Retention of men greater than 75 percent; greater than 80 percent adherence (minutes/week) to the meditation intervention. Specific aim 2: Explore the preliminary effect of meditation using Calm on overall perceived stress as compared to the health education group. Specific aim 3: Explore the preliminary effect of meditation using Calm on anxiety and depression. Specific aim 4: Explore gender as a moderator of the effect of meditation using Calm on stress. Specific aim 5: Explore the mediators of mindfulness, physical activity, eating, and coping behaviors on stress, anxiety and depression using Calm for meditation.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common heart rhythm disorders and it is associated with a variety of symptoms leading to a considerable deterioration in quality of life. The Mental-AF trial is intended to inquire if an app-based mental training can reduce the occurrence of symptomatic AF episodes within the blanking period, i.e. the first three months after catheter ablation for AF.
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The MEANING trial is a randomized controlled mixed methods pilot designed to compare a novel mindfulness meditation-based intervention (MEANING) to usual care for adults with advanced-stage solid malignancies and their family caregivers.
In recent years there has been convincing evidence of the positive effects of mindfulness based interventions, as a form of complementary and alternative medicine in regards to subjective well-being and physical health. There is growing evidence concerning the positive effects of these techniques in regards to an adequate stress management (e.g. respiration and heart rate variability). These findings can be found as well documented in the literature. For this study it is conducted to gain further insights into the role of mindfulness based meditation techniques for psychological well-being. Therefore it is intended to focus on clinical groups (e. g. depression and anxiety patients) in order to find out more about the relevance of mindfulness based meditation techniques as an adjunct for psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment. In this study special aspects of mental and spiritual health (e.g. self compassion, subjective perceived stress, spiritual well-being, and psychiatric symptoms) should be examined by comparing a group of clinical patients which practice mindfulness based meditation once a week with a control group, practicing PMR (progressive muscle relaxation)
The overarching goal of the proposed research is to investigate the role of emotions in facilitating successful lifestyle change, defined as healthy behavioral decisions repeated daily, or near daily. Participants are asked to make two lab visits during the course of four weeks to complete electronic questionnaires, be monitored for psychophysiological activity (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, respiration), and listen to a guided meditation audio track. Additionally, between the two visits participants will be asked to complete weekly surveys that ask about daily meditation practice (outside of the lab) and general emotions.