NCT04602312

How Does Mindfulness Meditation Buffer the Negative Effects of Pain and Suffering in the COVID-19 World? (Healthy Sample)

Online RCT Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness, Sham Mindfulness and Book Listening Control on Coronavirus-related Catastrophizing in Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 744 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Queensland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Both mindfulness meditation and expectancy effects are known to reduce anxiety, stress and catastrophizing, but it is unknown whether and how expectancy effects contribute to the overall effect of mindfulness meditation on these outcomes, especially during significant global events such as the coronavirus pandemic. This study includes four interrelated aims that will probe these effects and interactions.

Conditions

• Catastrophizing Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)	Participants will complete a single session of 20-minutes online guided audio-delivered training session of one of the four conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-28
• Primary completion: 2021-09-26
• Completion: 2021-09-26
• First posted: 2020-10-26
• Last updated: 2022-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia