Mindful Waiting Room

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Idle Waiting or Meditating: Does a Brief, Mindfulness Intervention in the Clinic Waiting Room Improve Patient Outcomes?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05433636
• Other study ID #: 00085446_AM_00042941
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 14, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: University of Utah
• Contact: Adam Hanley
• Phone: 8012134191
• Email: adam.hanley[@]utah.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This will be a single-site, five-arm, parallel group randomized control trial involving patients seeking integrative healthcare. Four different styles of 5-minute, audio-recoded mindfulness practices delivered in the clinic waiting room will be compared with a 5-minute audio-recording about integrative healthcare. A secondary sub-analysis will investigate the most effective mindfulness practice style for patients presenting at the clinic with elevated anxiety, depression, or pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 305
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: September 14, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Seeking treatment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute's Wellness Center
• Adults 18+
• Facility with the English language that is adequate to complete study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures
• An unstable illness judged by medical staff to interfere with study treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety State
• Cancer
• Depression
• Depressive State
• Fatigue
• Nausea
• Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Body Scan
Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded body scan practice.
• Mindful Breathing
Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded mindful breathing practice.
• Mindfulness of Discomfort
Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded mindfulness of discomfort practice.
• Mindful Savoring
Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded mindful savoring practice.
• Integrative Health Recording
Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded description of integrative health.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	Utah

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Utah

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acceptability	75% of patients that begin an audio recording will listen to the full, 5-minute recording	A single 5-minute period
Secondary	Change in Pain	Single item assessing pain ("Right now, I feel physical pain") scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Very much) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater pain.	Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording
Secondary	Change in Anxiety	Single item assessing anxiety ("Right now, I feel nervous, anxious or on edge") scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Very much) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording
Secondary	Change in Depression	Single item assessing depression ("Right now, I feel down, depressed, of uninterested in life") scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Very much) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater depression.	Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording