NCT03110705

Recreational Diving Practice for Stress Management

Recreational Diving Practice for Stress Management: an Exploratory Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 67 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armees · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Within the components of Scuba diving there are similarities with meditation and mindfulness techniques. Perceived stress is known to be diminished during meditation practice. This study evaluates the benefits of scuba diving on perceived stress and mindful functioning.

Detailed description

Background: within the components of Scuba diving there are similarities with meditation and mindfulness techniques. Perceived stress is known to be diminished during meditation practice. This study evaluates the benefits of scuba diving on perceived stress and mindful functioning. Method: A recreational diving group, composed of 37 subjects, was compared with a multisport control group, composed of 30 subjetcs, on perceived stress, mood, well-being and mindfulness by answering auto-questionnaires before and after a one-week long course. For the diving group, stability of the effects was evaluated one month later using similar auto-questionnaires.

Conditions

• Psychological Stresses

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	sport	recreaational sport : diving or multisport

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-12
• Primary completion: 2015-09-30
• Completion: 2016-11-17
• First posted: 2017-04-12
• Last updated: 2017-04-12