NCT03581357

Mobile Mindfulness Meditation Intervention to Improve the Well-Being of Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 302 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Hawaii · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evaluate the impact and satisfaction of Mobile Mindfulness Meditation on anxiety, pain, fatigue, trauma, and sleep in cancer survivors.

Detailed description

Through previous research, mindfulness meditation has been linked to decreases in anxiety, increased pain tolerance, better mood, and improved quality of life, in both healthy and medical populations. Although mindfulness meditation is well promoted both clinically and in the media, finding ways to promote engagement in and fidelity to the intervention, in a format that is accessible for cancer survivors is crucial, as the availability of resources and appreciation of the benefits does not necessarily lead to behavior change. With many more people surviving cancer than in previous decades, there is an opportunity to act on the residual effects of cancer diagnosis and treatment, and with the prevalence of technology ever increasing, online and mobile interventions have become more frequently delivered and have a particular utility for this population. Physical and geographic limitations could prevent cancer survivors from accessing psychosocial interventions. Whether the repeated beneficial findings of face-to-face training in mindfulness meditation will be found in a mobile environment is an open and timely question. This intervention will include two arms: the impact of the use of the mobile app for anxiety and for cancer related neuropathy.

Conditions

• Cancer, Other Than Non-melanoma Skin Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mobile Mindfulness Meditation	It is hypothesized that participants who are randomized in the app condition will have significantly less anxiety, pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance than their counterparts in the control condition.
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Coach	It is hypothesized that participants who are randomized into treatment condition will have significantly less CIPN, anxiety, and fatigue, and improved anxiety, in comparison to their counterparts in the wait-list control condition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-03
• Primary completion: 2023-07-11
• Completion: 2023-07-11
• First posted: 2018-07-10
• Last updated: 2023-08-24

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States