NCT01599143

Identifying Therapeutic Factors in an 8-Week (30 Hour) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 135 (actual)
• Sponsor: North York General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Since it's introduction in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has become a respected adjunct to conventional treatment for patients suffering from many diverse chronic ailments. Three decades of research have documented it's benefits, but few papers have focused on identifying which particular aspect of MBSR directly correlates with it's degree of therapeutic efficacy. This study will use 7 well validated questionnaires to compare participants responses prior to, and following completion of an eight-week MBSR program at the North York General Hospital, as well as follow-up results at 1 month and 1 year post completion of the MBSR group.

Detailed description

As above

Conditions

• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction strategies	Daily meditation, Hatha yoga,and cognitive restructuring

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-04-01
• First posted: 2012-05-15
• Last updated: 2012-05-15