Calm Athlete: Feasibility of App-based Mindfulness Training on Collegiate Student-Athletes' Mental Wellbeing

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Status

Completed

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness

Mindfulness

Treatments

Behavioral: Mindfulness Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06050681

24377

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a mobile app-based mindfulness training program in collegiate student-athletes. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is a app-based mindfulness program feasible for use with collegiate student athletes?
What, if any, benefits are seen in the mental wellbeing of collegiate student athletes following mindfulness training?

Participants will use the Calm app to complete semi-structured program of 21 mindfulness sessions over 6 weeks. Participants will complete each 8-15 minute sessions at a location and time of their choosing.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18-30 years old
NCAA athlete academically eligible to practice and compete in sport, and physically cleared by university sports medicine staff for participation
Not a regular user of mindfulness meditation in the last 6 months (<4 sessions/month)
Willingness to create an account on the Calm app and share usage data with researchers
Fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

Regular mindfulness meditation practice (>4 sessions/month)
Not currently an NCAA eligible athlete
Hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment for mental illness within the past 2 years
Not cleared by sports medicine staff to participate in sport due to injury at time of enrollment
Not willing to download the Calm app and/or create an account
Not willing to share app usage data with researchers
Not fluent in English