Contemplative Well-being Apps for the Workplace

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

66 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-06-06

Study Completion Date

2020-03-11

Brief Summary

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The study will examine the use and impact of a meditation app delivered to adult workforce populations facing extreme time demands. Enrollees will be randomized to either app or a wait-list group, and will be assessed in terms of job and daily functioning, well-being, and biomarkers of immune function and stress physiology, and neural structure and function prior to randomization and again at multiple time points after participants commence app engagement. In order to assess efficacy, we will examine the longitudinal changes in all measures in both the mindfulness group, compared to wait-list control group.

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Detailed Description

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Over the last 25 years, research on contemplative practices, a family of practices including mindfulness meditation and yoga, has advanced in domains both clinical and basic, motivated by burgeoning evidence of their efficacy for remediating psychopathology and augmenting well-being and resilience. However, much of this research has examined the effects of scheduled group interventions, delivered in-person by instructors over the course of several weeks. Far less research has looked at the delivery method that is most common and arguably most sustainable for busy adults, namely, smart phone delivered Contemplative Applications (apps) for Well-being (CWAs). The proposed study will examine the use and impact of an app delivered to populations facing extreme time demands.

Conditions

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Social Behavior Depression Inflammation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The waitlist group will be maintained as a control group throughout all assessments and will be provided enrollment in the mindfulness app at the end of the study.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Participants will be blinded by study ID# during data collection and management.

Study Groups

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Active Group

Participants in this group will use a contemplative wellness application for 8 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Active Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be provided with a contemplative well-being application (CWA) which will facilitate meditation for 10 minutes daily during the 8 week study period.

Waitlist Group

The waitlist group will receive no intervention during the study but will be able to use the wellness application after completion of the study.

Group Type OTHER

Waitlist Group

Intervention Type OTHER

The waitlist group will be maintained as a control group throughout all assessments and will be provided enrollment in CWA at the end of the 8 week study period.

Interventions

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Active Group

Participants will be provided with a contemplative well-being application (CWA) which will facilitate meditation for 10 minutes daily during the 8 week study period.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist Group

The waitlist group will be maintained as a control group throughout all assessments and will be provided enrollment in CWA at the end of the 8 week study period.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Emory Healthcare and University employees, Cox Enterprises employees, and Emory students

Exclusion Criteria

* For students and employees in the biomarker sub-study, participants will be studied only if they pass the Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging standardized MRI screening protocol (exclusions for ferrous metal in any part of body, such as pacemakers, cochlear implants, surgical clips or metal fragments, serious medical conditions, claustrophobia)

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes