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Effect of Mindfulness on Stress, Appetite Hormones and Body Weight of Obese Schoolchildren. Controlled Clinical Trial

NCT03495310 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2019-11-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In addition to diet and sedentary lifestyle, factors such as stress, depression and anxiety have been found associated in up to 86% of cases of obesity in children. Mindfulness is a method based on the concentration of attention, awareness and meditation, which has been successfully used to reduce stress, depression and anxiety in individuals with some pathology in the short term (eight weeks).

Objective: To determine if an intervention with mindfulness is effective to reduce the stress, appetite, and body weight of a group of school children with obesity and stress comparing them with a group that receives conventional therapy.

Methods For a controlled clinical trial, 60 children of 10-14 years of age with obesity (BMI\> 2 SD) and stress (Spence scale\> 60) will be selected, and randomly assigned to a group that receives the intervention with mindfulness (M8S), or to the control group (TC);The intervention with Mindfulness will be done once a week for 8 weeks. Measurements of BMI, glucose, leptin, ghrelin, cortisol and insulin will be carried out at the beginning of the study, and repeated at the end of the intervention and eight weeks after finishing the intervention to evaluate relapses.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Childhood
  • Mindfulness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a method based on the concentration of attention, awareness and meditation, which has been used successfully to reduce stress, depression and anxiety in individuals with some pathology in the short term

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-30
Completion
2019-08-30

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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