Virtual Mindfulness Intervention RCT
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Where
- Canada1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 43 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Oct 2021
- Ended
- 21 Dec 2023
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Mindfulness-Based Intervention
- Record updated
- 10 December 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- ≥18 years of age
- are referred to the mindfulness group by a physician
Who cannot take part
- have previously completed a full (≥8-week) MBI in the past 3 years
- meet criteria for substance abuse, psychosis, and/or mania
- express active suicidality
This trial has no sites in United States.
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as clinically effective interventions for anxiety, depression, and general distress. However, there are significant barriers to accessing MBIs in the general population including length of treatment and cost. Furthermore, in the present COVID-19 pandemic, there is a demand to conduct virtual clinical services. However, to date, not much is known regarding the effectiveness of mindfulness groups that are conducted virtually. The aim of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of a five-week abbreviated MBCT intervention delivered virtually for a physician-referred, treatment-seeking, community sample. The virtual mindfulness group will be compared to a five-week wait-list control group. All wait-listed study participants will be given the opportunity to participate in the intervention after study completion. At present, clinical wait times for services far exceed five weeks, thus participants that are wait-listed will not experience delay in their treatment.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Mindfulness-based interventionTreatment being tested
Participants will take part in an adapted and abbreviated version of the traditional eight-week MBCT protocol, conducted virtually via Zoom. Participants will meet for five, weekly, two-hour sessions. The group size will be larger than traditional MBCT groups (i.e. 16-20 participants rather than 12 participants).
- WaitlistNo study treatment, for comparison
Participants will be placed in a group with no treatment interventions for the duration of five weeks. Once these five weeks are complete, these participants will be placed in the next mindfulness clinic session to receive treatment. This does not the typical wait-list time for clinical services, which currently exceeds eight weeks
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effects of a Virtual Mindfulness-based Intervention for Depression and Anxiety in a Community Psychiatric Sample
- Record updated
- 10 December 2024