The Impact of Heartfulness Self-Care Program on Anxiety, Satisfaction With Life, and Loneliness Levels in Students and Staff in High Schools.

NCT ID: NCT05874232

Last Updated: 2023-05-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 203 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-02-03
• Study Completion Date: 2022-07-03

Brief Summary

This quantitative study assesses the baseline anxiety, satisfaction with life, and loneliness scores in students and staff in a global study. Assessments at baseline will include the GAD, SWLS, and UCLA loneliness scale, and the same questionnaires were collected in Week 4 and Week 8. The Google form questionnaire will ask the high schoolers and staff for their email address and their parent's email address (if they are under 18). The form will also include a question eliciting interest in participation in the 4-weeks Heartfulness program. The program will include tools that promote a heart-based nurturing environment focusing on relaxation, positivity, and developing growth mindsets.

Detailed Description

The specific aim of this study is to assess changes in scores measuring symptoms of anxiety using GAD-7 (and GAD-Child), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS and SWLS-C), and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3).

Conditions

Anxiety; Satisfaction With Life; Loneliness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Heartfulness Group

Participants were asked to practice relaxation tools for 15 minutes a day using the calendar and HeartBot app, and participate in once a weekly webinar for 30 minutes during the four weeks. The GAD, SWLS, and UCLA Loneliness scale was recorded prior to the start of the study, at the end of the program at Week 4, and after the duration of 4 weeks at Week 8. The score was reviewed to see the changes in anxiety, satisfaction with life, and loneliness scale.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Self-Care Program through Heartfulness

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A four-week Self-Care program through Heartfulness will be offered to participants in the Heartfulness group. This would include a daily practice of relaxation tools for 15 minutes a day using an app and once a weekly webinar for 30 minutes. Guided relaxation and meditation sessions will be offered to the participants during the intervention weeks. These virtual sessions were conducted by Heartfulness Champions and certified trainers from Heartfulness Institute.

Control Group

The control group had no change in their daily routines.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Self-Care Program through Heartfulness

A four-week Self-Care program through Heartfulness will be offered to participants in the Heartfulness group. This would include a daily practice of relaxation tools for 15 minutes a day using an app and once a weekly webinar for 30 minutes. Guided relaxation and meditation sessions will be offered to the participants during the intervention weeks. These virtual sessions were conducted by Heartfulness Champions and certified trainers from Heartfulness Institute.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• High School Students (grades 9-12) and Staff, aged 14 and above, and willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-English speaking high school students and staff and those with mental health diagnoses such as Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety disorders.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Heartfulness Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Ranjani B Iyer

Novi, Michigan, United States

Countries

United States

References

Iyer P, Iyer L, Carter N, Iyer R, Stirling A, Priya L, Sriraman U. Self-Care Program as a Tool for Alleviating Anxiety and Loneliness and Promoting Satisfaction With Life in High School Students and Staff: Randomized Survey Study. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Sep 30;8:e56355. doi: 10.2196/56355.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 39047180 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2022/01/2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id