How Does Mindfulness Meditation Buffer the Negative Effects of Pain and Suffering in the COVID-19 World? (Healthy Sample)

NCT ID: NCT04602312

Last Updated: 2022-01-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

744 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-28

Study Completion Date

2021-09-26

Brief Summary

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Both mindfulness meditation and expectancy effects are known to reduce anxiety, stress and catastrophizing, but it is unknown whether and how expectancy effects contribute to the overall effect of mindfulness meditation on these outcomes, especially during significant global events such as the coronavirus pandemic. This study includes four interrelated aims that will probe these effects and interactions.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Catastrophizing Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

4 x (2) mixed design, with training (mindfulness vs specific sham mindfulness vs general sham mindfulness vs book listening control, between subjects) and time (pre-treatment vs post-treatment, within-subjects) as factors.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Specific sham mindfulness meditation

a training session designed to specifically match the real mindfulness training while lacking the proposed active elements of mindfulness training. Delivered as a means to elicit expectancy-mediated (but not mindfulness-mediated) reductions in coronavirus-related catastrophizing.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will complete a single session of 20-minutes online guided audio-delivered training session of one of the four conditions.

Mindfulness meditation

"focussed attention" mindfulness meditation technique taught as means to reduce coronavirus-related catastrophizing.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will complete a single session of 20-minutes online guided audio-delivered training session of one of the four conditions.

General sham mindfulness meditation

a training session designed to generally match focussed-attention mindfulness meditation while maintaining greater distance from proposed mindfulness mechanisms. Delivered as a means to elicit expectancy-mediated (but not mindfulness-mediated) reductions in coronavirus-related catastrophizing.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will complete a single session of 20-minutes online guided audio-delivered training session of one of the four conditions.

Book listening control

this group completes no meditation training. They listen to a spoken excerpt from the audiobook "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne"

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)

Participants will complete a single session of 20-minutes online guided audio-delivered training session of one of the four conditions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* At least 18 years of age
* Able to read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

* Recurrent pain (two or more days in the last month)
* Chronic pain (pain most days in the last three months)
* Incomplete or invalid data (response time \< 32 minutes, failing attention checks)
* Completing the 20-minute training module in \< 18 minutes or \> 90 minutes
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Sydney

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, San Diego

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Queensland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Melissa Day, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Queensland

Locations

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Health and Behavioural Sciences

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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Australia

Related Links

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https://sydneypsy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6P8sOROQ5eq8SpL?src=CTGC

TAKE THE SURVEY NOW - LINK FOR PARTICIPANTS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE

Other Identifiers

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2019000347-S4C

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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