A Mindfulness Approach to UA for Afro-descendants

Brown University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05881681

2112003165

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test an app-based mindfulness training program in an Afro-descendant population. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• What changes, if any, does the app need?
• Is it effective in reducing anxiety among this population?

Participants will be asked to:

• Use an app-based mindfulness training program daily
• Complete online surveys at baseline and 2 months post-treatment initiation
• Complete focused interviews via Zoom at baseline and 2 months post-treatment initiation
• Complete daily voice diaries via Zoom

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• GAD-7 ≥ 10
• Self-identify as Black American and/or Afro-descendant
• Located in United States or Canada
• Able to speak English
• Owns a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

• Any usage of psychotropic medication: not on a stable dosage 6+ weeks
• As needed (i.e., prn) benzodiazepine use
• Psychotic disorder (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis)
• Cohabiting with a study participant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT)

Experimental group

Description:

The Unwinding Anxiety program is delivered via a smartphone-based platform, which includes a progression through 30+ daily modules of brief didactic and experience-based mindfulness training (videos and animations), app-triggered check-ins to encourage engagement, and user-initiated guided mindfulness exercises to help disrupt worry cycles in the moment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT)