Meditation to Reduce Stress and Improve Quality of Life
Meditation to Reduce Stress and Improve Quality of Life: A Feasibility Study
研究概览
详细说明
Stress is a ubiquitous problem and a mediator of symptoms for a variety of medical conditions. Most medical diagnoses, procedures, and physician visits are associated with considerable stress. Excessive stress is associated with adverse medical outcomes, unhealthy coping mechanisms, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and overall a poor quality of life. No specific pharmacologic treatment is available for treating stress. Further, it is often difficult or impossible to change the reality of circumstances causing stress in an individual. Thus increasing individual coping mechanisms and ability of a person to handle stress, rather than changing the stressors itself, might be a more feasible approach towards reducing stress.
Meditation is a widely used and increasingly popular intervention that positively affects the individual at cognitive, physical, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual levels. A practice of meditation has been shown to reduce symptoms of stress and improve overall quality of life. Several meditation programs exist, however most are limited by considerable expense, need for elaborate training, lack of widespread availability, or incorporation of ideas and practices unique to a particular culture.
研究类型
注册 (实际的)
阶段
- 不适用
联系人和位置
学习地点
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Minnesota
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Rochester、Minnesota、美国、55905
- Mayo Clinic
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参与标准
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
接受健康志愿者
有资格学习的性别
描述
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 18 years of age
- Good general health
- Access to a DVD player
- Provided with, understand, and have signed the informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Are currently using (at the time of enrollment) antipsychotics or recently (< 3 months) started on antidepressants. Patients on stable dose of antidepressant (for ≥ 3 months) will be allowed.
- Have a lifetime history of schizophrenia
学习计划
研究是如何设计的?
设计细节
- 主要用途:预防
- 分配:不适用
- 介入模型:单组作业
- 屏蔽:无(打开标签)
武器和干预
参与者组/臂 |
干预/治疗 |
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实验性的:Meditation DVD
All participants will receive a Meditation DVD to practice at home daily for a total of 4 weeks.
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Participants will undergo a one-hour group instruction session in meditation held by Dr. Amit Sood.
Participants will then receive a DVD to practice the intervention at home daily for a total of 4 weeks.
The DVD will have 3 different programs of 5, 15, and 30 minutes each loaded on it with a menu option to choose one of the programs.
其他名称:
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研究衡量的是什么?
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
大体时间 |
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To assess the feasibility of incorporating a 4-week innovative meditation program into the daily activities of healthy Mayo Clinic employees for improving stress.
大体时间:4 Weeks
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4 Weeks
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
大体时间 |
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To assess the effect of a 4-week program of meditation on perceived stress and overall quality of life compared to baseline.
大体时间:4 Weeks
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4 Weeks
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合作者和调查者
赞助
出版物和有用的链接
研究记录日期
研究主要日期
学习开始
初级完成 (实际的)
研究完成 (实际的)
研究注册日期
首次提交
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
首次发布 (估计)
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (估计)
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
最后验证
更多信息
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Meditation DVD的临床试验
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The Miriam HospitalNational Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); Brown University; University of Rochester; Syracuse...完全的
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The University of Hong KongThe Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong完全的
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IRCSS Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, Fondazione...Ministry of Health, Italy; Centro di Eccellenza per la Cultura e la Ricerca Infermieristica...完全的
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University of RochesterThe Commonwealth Fund; Academic Pediatric Association完全的
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)完全的
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University of DelawareNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)完全的