NCT03652220

Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification in Depression

Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification in Depression: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Diakonie Kliniken Zschadraß · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate effectiveness of a 8-week behavioral Mind-Body-Intervention based on Yoga and Meditation in depressive outpatients.

Detailed description

As a contribution to the field of Integral Medicine, Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification (MBLM) is a holistic therapy for patients with mental disorders. Influenced by Ayurveda and Yoga, it uses mantra meditation, ethical conduct and healthy life style to promote physical, mental and spiritual health. MBLM explains processes within the body and the mind and their relation to diet, exercise, biorhythms, social and personal conduct in an easy but profound way and on an experiential level. Besides providing tools for physical, mental and emotional self-regulation, MBLM lays ground for personal growth and transcendence of the mind. It is intended to be implemented in groups of patients as well as individual daily training, and because of its modular structure can be adjusted in intensity, duration and weighting of the components according to the specific needs and disorders to be addressed. This makes it also eligible for its potential use in prevention of mental disease and treatment of psychic comorbidities in patients with chronic somatic illness.

Conditions

• Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification	8 weekly modules, each 3.5 hours of Life ethics, Yoga exercises and Mantra Meditation
OTHER	Minimal treatment	Drug continuation under medical supervision
OTHER	Multimodal specific treatment:	Drugs / Psychotherapy / Excercise therapy / Ergotherapy / Relaxation; excl. Yoga, Mantra, MBSR

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-27
• Primary completion: 2020-07-20
• Completion: 2020-07-20
• First posted: 2018-08-29
• Last updated: 2022-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany