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Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Health Sciences Students

NCT06777407 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-01-15

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Summary

This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness-based intervention in reducing psychological distress among first-year health sciences students at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. The study will be a randomized controlled trial, comparing the effects of the intervention on psychological distress and mindfulness with standard treatment. Additionally, it will assess the acceptability of the virtual intervention, considering current limitations and the growing importance of digital tools.

Conditions

  • Mindfulness
  • Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress

The brief mindfulness-based intervention is an eight-week training program designed for groups of 15 to 20 participants. The weekly sessions will last 90 minutes for the first session and 60 minutes for the following seven sessions. The program will be led by a certified mindfulness trainer, who is not part of the research team and will be solely responsible for training-related activities.

OTHER

Psychoeducational brochure

Information on self-care and managing psychological distress will be provided. Once the study is completed and the data has been collected, participants in the control group will receive the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University of San Marcos, Peru

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-23
Primary Completion
2025-02-28
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Peru

Study Locations

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