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Filter by:It has been indicated in recent research that Mindfulness-based interventions may offer possibilities of promoting human stress processing and reducing anxiety or depression. They also appear to positively influence cognitive performance. One mindfulness-based intervention next to a variety of others is yoga, a combination of physical, spiritual, and mental practices of Indian origin that arose to alleviate suffering and enhance psychological and physical well-being. The goal of the study is to find out how Hatha Yoga, the most common form of yoga, consisting of stretches, yoga postures and conscious breathing, affects emotional and cognitive processes. An essential part of yoga seems to be the increase of self-regulation and consequently the regulation of stress processing and of cognitive processes in general. Building on the Attentional Control Theory, it is hypothesized that anxiety and stress limit inhibitory function - the ability to block distracting, irrelevant information - and also impair the shifting of attention that normally accompanies smooth switching between different tasks and their processing requirements. In a randomized controlled trial with an experimental and a waiting group, the investigators aim to investigate whether active participation in a 60-minute hatha yoga class (intervention) at least three times a week for two months leads to less experienced stress and improves inhibition and attentional shifting. The intervention period with pre- and postmeasurements is expected to start in early January 2022 and end in December 2022. To measure the effect of the intervention, the investigators use three experimental test tasks, one each to examine inhibition function (here, measured by distractor interference in visual search), switching between different tasks or sensory modalities (here, collected by comparing performance after passagewise alternation vs. repetition of a sound vs. light discrimination), and alternation between different stimulus features (here, determined by comparing passagewise repetition vs. alternation of target stimulus color in visual search). In all of the experimental tasks, behavioral data (reaction times and error rates) and, in two, additional electrophysiological measures (event-related potentials) are collected using EEG. To investigate the role of stress the investigators use questionnaires as well as biological stress markers from saliva. In addition, participants will receive a link to questionnaires to complete by the start of the yoga intervention. On top, trait mindfulness will be examined as a potential mechanism underlying the effects of yoga practice on attention and stress. The subjects' trait mindfulness will be assessed by questionnaire as well.
This is a double blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial aiming to assess the effectiveness of Caralluma fimbriata on stress, sleep and neurotransmitters in a healthy adult population.
Background: Diabetes is a fast-growing health problem in Egypt with a significant impact on morbidity, mortality, and health care resources. Aim of the study: To assess the effect of breathing and relaxation exercises on serum cortisol levels in type 2 diabetic patients. Subject and Methods: sixty, type 2 diabetic patients for more than 5 years were selected from the outpatient clinic of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. Their age ranged from 40 to 50 years. Serum cortisol and blood glucose tests were done before the start of the study and after 6 weeks. The patients were randomly assigned into two equal groups in number (30 patients for each group) performed 3 sessions/week for 6 weeks. Group A received aerobic exercise in the form of walking on a treadmill, breathing exercise, and mindfulness meditation, and group B received continuous aerobic exercise only in the form of walking on a treadmill. ( The exercise program included 45 minutes and consist of warming up phase of slow walking on the treadmill for 5 minutes, training phase 35 minutes, and cooling down for 5 minutes) .
Study Design, Aims, and Population: The present study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT). The primary aim is to test the relative efficacy of two 8-week online interventions - Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - in promoting diverse university students' social well-being (i.e., reduced loneliness, and enhanced social connectedness and perceived social support) compared to a Waitlist (WL) control group. The secondary aim is to examine the effects of CCT versus MBSR on the mental health of diverse university students compared to the WL group. Mental health is defined in this research as both positive mental health (i.e., happiness, positive emotions, meaning and purpose) and negative mental health (i.e., stress, anxiety, and depression). Additionally, another aim is to enroll 75% students of color and 50% male identifying students, whose social well-being and mental health is currently understudied, to better represent the sociodemographic diversity of the university student population in the literature. Study Rationale: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered widespread disruptions in social connections and relational bonds that robustly support a variety of mental and physical health-protective processes. University students' social well-being may have been especially impacted as universities provide a central context for socialization. At the same time, the pandemic exacerbated a pre-existing rise in cases of mental health conditions in university students. If found effective, online-based CCT and MBSR might serve as scalable psychological interventions to foster social thriving and mental health among diverse university students.
Brief summary: Effect of aquatic physiotherapy for people with stress; a randomized controlled trial (RCT) The purpose of the project is to investigate the effect of aquatic physiotherapy treatment in 34-36 degrees warm water. The study is a randomized controlled trial, and participants are recruited from GPs in Lyngby-Taarbæk as well as Gentofte Kommune. The participants are randomized using numbered, opaque and sealed envelopes. Method: The intervention Aquatic physiotherapy 1: 1 treatment in 34-36 degrees centigrade warm water. The participant is placed supine in the water, supported by the physiotherapist as well as aqua noodles. The physiotherapist supports and moves the participant in the water and adapts to the participant's reaction. Intervention Group: The intervention group is treated twice a week. Duration of each treatment is 30 minutes. Period of treatment is 8 weeks. Control Group: The control group receives usual care through their GP for 8 weeks. Then they are offered participation in a de-stress class in 34-36 degrees centigrade warm water, twice a week. Duration of each treatment is 30 minutes. Period of treatment is 8 weeks. EFFECT MEASURES: 1. Primary effect measures: Change of stress level from baseline using validated questionnaire Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). 2. Secondary effect measures: Change of sleep disorders from baseline using validated questionnaire Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Measurements to be taken before and after 8-weeks intervention
Anhedonia is characterized by loss of interest or pleasure. The proposed pilot study would be the first to test an innovative, neuroscience-informed intervention in mothers reporting depressive symptoms and stress to enhance positive emotionality with the goal of preventing anhedonia and associated emotional disturbances in their children. This study will recruit dyads (mothers and their children) for the intervention.
Over 75% of U.S. adults report significant stress, resulting in major health and economic costs. Mobile meditation apps are a feasible, effective, and scalable strategy for self-managing stress that is rapidly growing in popularity and thus represent a key tool for improving public health. However, existing intervention strategies for establishing persistent mobile health app adherence have largely been unsuccessful. Thus, there is a need for alternative strategies to move those who initiate meditation, i.e. new paying subscribers to a mobile meditation app. The investigators propose to synthesize theory- and evidence-based intervention approaches from psychology and behavioral economics to test novel combined strategies for establishing persistent adherence to meditation using the scalable Calm app. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of anchoring strategies in combination with pragmatic in-kind rewards to identify the most optimal strategy for establishing persistent meditation habits with a mobile app. The investigators aim to assess the adherence persistence to a 10 minutes per day Calm prescription in new, paying self-initiated Calm subscribers; investigate the mediating effect of anchoring plan adherence on adherence persistence to the Calm prescription; and estimate the dynamic relationship between meditation adherence and stress. The investigators hypothesize that participants using anchoring strategies in combination with pragmatic in-kind rewards will be more likely to adhere to the Calm prescription than the control condition with greater adherence observed among those participating in the anchoring plus time-contingent reward intervention; greater adherence to anchoring plans will lead to higher adherence persistence; and greater reductions in stress will be associated with more persistent meditation adherence across study groups. Investigators aim to recruit N=555 new, paying self-initiated Calm subscribers. Participants will be randomized into one of three groups with 185 participants in each group: anchoring plus in-kind rewards conditional on anchoring plan adherence; anchoring plus in-kind rewards conditional on meditating at any time of day; and usual Calm control condition without in-kind rewards.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two currently available apps for unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia.
In developing countries such as Pakistan, the challenges university students face are many-fold and there is a need for an intervention that helps build students' connection with themselves, utilizing their internal resources to deal with stresses. Mindfulness-based interventions have shown effectiveness with university students in high-income countries. The current study will be testing an adaptation for students of Pakistan of an intervention (Finding Peace in a Frantic World) which is based on principles from both Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy(MBCT) and Mindfulness-based stress reduction(MBSR). The purpose of this pilot trial is to assess the feasibility and acceptability (primary outcomes) of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an adapted Mindfulness-based intervention with a wait-list control group for university students in Pakistan to reduce stress and enhance psychological well-being (N=50), which will inform the development of a future large-scale RCT. Keeping in view the COVID-19 lockdown and economic conditions in low-and-middle-income countries (LAMICs), an online program with a remote facilitator is deemed to be more cost-effective, approachable, practical, and de-stigmatizing for students.
This study is a randomized controlled trial to test the impact of an app-based meditation program on perceived stress and behavioral correlates of stress with known neurobiological correlates. Healthy adult participants between the ages of 25-65 will be enrolled in the study for about 4-5 months.