NCT06019299

Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Effects on Anxiety and Stress

Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Stress Reduction Within College Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 289 (actual)
• Sponsor: Michigan State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years – 42 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To understand the potential effectiveness of a 4 week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy intervention delivered using a smartphone application for reducing anxiety and stress within college students.

Detailed description

The objective of this project is to understand the potential effectiveness of a 4 week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy intervention delivered using a smartphone application for reducing anxiety and stress within college students. Although in-person mindfulness-based cognitive therapy approaches have been found effective for reducing anxiety and stress; given the pervasiveness of anxiety and stress in this population, there is a need to provide alternative and accessible interventions to improve students' mental health. One such approach may be by leveraging existing tools such Sanvello - a free mindfulness-based cognitive therapy smartphone application - which could more easily be deployed across a broader population. Accordingly, using a cluster-randomized controlled design, this intervention will assess the extent to which 4-weeks of using the Sanvello application was effective for reducing anxiety and stress within college students.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Practice	Participants were instructed to practice mindfulness daily using their instructed approaches for a period of 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-21
• Primary completion: 2023-04-26
• Completion: 2023-04-26
• First posted: 2023-08-31
• Last updated: 2023-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States