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Mindfulness Training for Stress Management

NCT00892138 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 290

Last updated 2014-09-25

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Summary

This study will assess the short and long term effects of a group-based mindfulness programme (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, MBSR) on first year medical and psychology students at the Universities of Oslo and Tromso.

The primary outcome variables are mental distress, student stress and subsequent work stress, subjective wellbeing, empathy, mindfulness and spirituality. The investigators will also study explanatory moderator and mediator variables.

The study will be a two-centre randomized controlled study involving 288 medical and psychology students from the University of Oslo and from the University of Tromso. The sample size calculation is based on a reduction in mental distress and perceived medical/psychology school stress of 20% in the intervention group. The control group will not receive an intervention. After the initial seven week course (taking place in 2009 and 2010) the intervention group will receive a follow-up session of 1.5 hours twice a year throughout their study course of 5-6 years. The follow-up period will last until 1 year after graduation in the Oslo cohort and until 3 years after graduation in the Tromso cohort.

Conditions

  • Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness training

7 week course modeled on MBSR according to Kabat-Zinn

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Tromso

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Medical Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2018-11-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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