Fostering Inmates' Well-being and Mental Health

NCT ID: NCT04747730

Last Updated: 2022-01-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-01

Study Completion Date

2019-12-15

Brief Summary

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The objective of the project was to provide an assessment of the impact of Transcendental Meditation on prison inmates' well-being. To achieve this goal the investigators conducted a before-and-after study in Her Majesty's Prison Warren Hill (HMP) (England). Meditation is correlated with better self-regulation and is innovative because it fosters generalisable psychological processes that support cognitive, emotional and behavioural regulation, with self-regulation being an important factor behind a variety of outcomes.

Unfortunately, the trial couldn't be completed as the investigators didn't manage to recruit a sufficient number of participants.

Detailed Description

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The meditation intervention consists of teaching four one-hour lessons of the Transcendental meditation technique developed and offered by the David Lynch Foundation. The technique involves the use of a sound (mantra) to effortlessly allow the mind to settle down to a state of inner calm. Meditation enables those who have learned it and regularly practice it to be more self-aware and respond in a calmer and more considered manner to whatever happens in their present experience.

Conditions

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Well-being

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Transcendental Meditation training

The intervention of the project is the teaching and learning of Transcendental Meditation technique. The technique involves the use of a sound (mantra) to effortlessly allow the mind to settle down to a state of inner calm. It is a simple, natural and effortless practise, and unlike other meditation strategies, it does not involve concentration or control of the mind. The practice does not require any religion, philosophy, or change in lifestyle. Once learned the technique, participants will practice it twice a day, 20 minutes every morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Transcendental Meditation training

Intervention Type OTHER

The programme targets inmates in HMP Warren Hill who are eligible to learn the meditation technique, who are staying in prison for at least six months since the beginning of the programme and who provide the signed informed consent. The sample of eligible inmates is approximately 190 inmates out of 250 currently in the prison. Inmates will be contacted by the research team in prison during introductory sessions of the research intervention.

control

no intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Transcendental Meditation training

The programme targets inmates in HMP Warren Hill who are eligible to learn the meditation technique, who are staying in prison for at least six months since the beginning of the programme and who provide the signed informed consent. The sample of eligible inmates is approximately 190 inmates out of 250 currently in the prison. Inmates will be contacted by the research team in prison during introductory sessions of the research intervention.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* any inmate with no history of drug or alcohol abuse
* recreational drug users who have refrained from using drugs for two weeks before learning the meditation technique
* alcohol or drug addicts who are recovering from alcohol or drug use and have refrained from drug use for at least three months before taking part to the programme

Exclusion Criteria

* informed consent not signed.
* expected stay in HMP Warren Hill shorter than six months since the beginning of the project.
* drug users and alcoholics not in rehabilitation
* people with serious mental health problems
* people who do not speak English as a first language.
Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Queen Mary University of London

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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HMP Warren Hill

Woodbridge, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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251271

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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