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Stress Reduction Techniques and Anxiety: Therapeutic and Neuroendocrine Effects

NCT01033851 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 89

Last updated 2014-06-04

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Summary

Current therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) have limited effectiveness. This study measures the efficacy of two different approaches to reducing anxiety and stress. One approach uses education, nutrition, exercise, and time management training, and another uses mindfulness meditation and yoga, which is taught as part of the Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course, an 8-week manualized mindfulness intervention. We hypothesize that the two approaches will reduce anxiety in individuals with GAD in different ways. We will measure changes in stress hormones associated with these changes.

Conditions

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

8 week course

BEHAVIORAL

Stress Management Education

8 week course

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth A Hoge, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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