NCT02953444

The Feasibility and Efficacy of an Extremely Brief Mindfulness Practice

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will assess the efficacy of brief mindfulness practices on improving mental health in adults who are currently in treatment for mental health concerns. From online instructional videos, each participant will learn a thirty-second or three-minute mindfulness practice that is to be performed at least three times daily over two weeks.

Detailed description

Mindfulness meditation and mindfulness-based therapies have been shown to improve many aspects of psychological functioning in individuals with mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy in improving mental health of brief mindfulness practices in adults currently in treatment for mental health concerns. The entire study will be administered online. From online instructional videos, each participant will learn a thirty-second or three-minute mindfulness practice that is to be performed at least three times daily over two weeks. A delayed-treatment control group will begin the intervention after a two-week waiting period.

Conditions

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Mental Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Thirty-Second Mindfulness Practice
OTHER	Three-Minute Mindfulness Practice

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2018-09-09
• Completion: 2018-09-09
• First posted: 2016-11-02
• Last updated: 2018-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States