Student Stress Levels and Management Through Meditation
NCT ID: NCT02821611
Last Updated: 2019-02-11
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
46 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-01-31
2016-04-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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As many as 32 students (total number in cohort) per year may participate with 1/2 serving as controls and 1/2 undergoing the meditation practice for 8 weeks.
Baseline measurement details:
QUESTIONNAIRES: Each participant will be given a 1-item Visual Analogue Scale for stress (VAS), a 10 item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and a 9 item Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire. The VAS simply asks subjects to score how much stress they are feeling at that one moment in time on a 0-100 scale. The PSQI scores and assesses sleep quality and disturbances over a 1-month time interval and will be administered at the 4 week mark 1/2 way into the study as well as at pre and post intervention data collection events.
BLOOD PRESSURE: Blood pressure will be measured individually in a separate room to ensure confidentiality. The BP measurements will be administered using an Omron professional automatic blood pressure monitor (model number HEM 907X) to ensure comfort/safety and the accuracy of the reading. Also for accuracy of blood pressure measurements subjects will be asked to refrain from caffeine (coffee, tea or chocolate), cigarettes/nicotine, or exercise that morning until after measurements are taken and avoid alcohol the evening prior. One identified researcher will take all blood pressure reading and will be blinded to which subjects are part of the research or the control groups.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Meditation Group
Participants in the experimental group are practicing a mantra-based meditation twice daily for 20 minutes over the 8 week intervention period to reduce stress and blood pressure and enhance quality of sleep.
Meditation Group
twice daily 20 minute mantra-based meditation practice for 8 weeks
Control Group
Control group participants will continue their normal activities and not add any form of meditation during the study period.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Meditation Group
twice daily 20 minute mantra-based meditation practice for 8 weeks
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
22 Years
45 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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California State University, Northridge
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Beth J Phillips, PT, DPA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Full Professor
Locations
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California State University, Northridge
Northridge, California, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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1314-136-b
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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