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Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM) in Patients With Dry Eye Disease

NCT03087006 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 256

Last updated 2017-08-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with dry eye disease (DED) will be randomized to Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM) plus Treatment as Usual (TAU) or TAU alone to assess changes in Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL is a vital construct focusing on impact of health on quality of life. HRQoL data is used in economic evaluations, a component of health economics that compares the cost and consequences of alternative courses of action. This helps policy-makers make complex financial decisions. Along with HRQoL we will measure changes in extent of depression as well as anxiety. Previously published data lacks information of HRQoL in patients with DED. Through this study we shall attempt to correlate HRQoL in this population and assess if ASTM confers changes in HRQoL along with depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM)

Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM) is a class of meditation that helps quiet the mind. Research suggests that ASTM helps reduce depression, anxiety, stress, and may improve health related quality of life. Further, ASTM is easier to learn and to teach.

OTHER

Treatment as Usual

Usual Care includes usual care of the participants including dry eye disease medications

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Monali Malvankar, PhD · Western University, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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