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Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management

NCT03753360 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2022-07-25

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Summary

This is a prospective parallel non-blinded randomized study with two arms, an intervention group and an active control group.

Sixty healthy, but stressed nurses will be randomly assigned to either participate in a 6-week internet-based mindfulness meditation program produced by the Cleveland Clinic called Stress Free Now for Healers or to listen to relaxing music for at least 5 minutes a day for 6 weeks, and pre-post comparisons will be made for RNA expression profiles, plasma cytokine concentrations, telomerase activity, 6-point salivary cortisol and several self-reported assessments of physical and mental health.

Conditions

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Burnout, Professional

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Internet-Based Mindfulness Program - Stress Free Now for Healers

Stress Free Now for Healers is an online stress management program developed at Cleveland. It's delivered in 4 components:1Weekly introductions to the concepts and meditation theme are delivered via Web page views or a 5to10-min audio clip2Weekly guided meditations 5-20 min ea.available as embedded/downloadable mp3 on the website or via the Stress Free Now for Healers phone app,which participants are invited to practice at least 4 times each week and to record those practices3Daily articles provide the scientific underpinnings and merits of each week's theme or discuss various cognitive and behavioral strategies,activities,and concepts supporting or related to mindfulness4Daily tips suggesting how to manage stress or incorporate mindfulness in daily activities,including motivational quotes.Participants will have access to a smartphone app with recordings of the 11 guided meditations.Ea. participant will be assigned an e-coach that will communicate with the participant at least weekly.

BEHAVIORAL

Active Control Group - Relaxing Music

The control group will be given a flash drive and a link to a website where they can download several digital recordings of relaxing music and will be instructed to quietly listen to one or more of the recordings for at least 5 minutes every day for 6 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-27
Primary Completion
2019-04-15
Completion
2019-04-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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