Identifying Therapeutic Factors in an 8-Week (30 Hour) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program

NCT ID: NCT01599143

Last Updated: 2012-05-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 135 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2012-04-30

Brief Summary

Since it's introduction in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has become a respected adjunct to conventional treatment for patients suffering from many diverse chronic ailments. Three decades of research have documented it's benefits, but few papers have focused on identifying which particular aspect of MBSR directly correlates with it's degree of therapeutic efficacy. This study will use 7 well validated questionnaires to compare participants responses prior to, and following completion of an eight-week MBSR program at the North York General Hospital, as well as follow-up results at 1 month and 1 year post completion of the MBSR group.

Detailed Description

As above

Conditions

Cancer; Diabetes; Hypertension

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction group

All eligible participants attend a 3-hour weekly session, for 8 consecutive weeks, to learn meditation and simple Hatha Yoga techniques, and incorporate them into their daily lives.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction strategies

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Daily meditation, Hatha yoga,and cognitive restructuring

Interventions

Teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction strategies

Daily meditation, Hatha yoga,and cognitive restructuring

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

MBSR

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• over 18 years old
• suffer from a chronic health problem
• referred by their physician

Exclusion Criteria

• acute illness (physical or psychiatric)
• suicidal
• problem use of alcohol or other substances
• inability to do one hour of daily homework
• inability to attend all 8 sessions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

North York General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Katalin Margittai

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Katalin J Margittai, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

North York General Hospital

Other Identifiers

NYGH REB # 09-0041

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id