Efficacy of 8 vs 4 Sessions Mindfulness-based Programs in a Non-clinical Population

University Hospital Miguel Servet

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Healthy Subjects

Treatments: Behavioral: 4-week shortened MBSR; Behavioral: standard 8-weeks MBSR

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02643927

PI12/00134

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to assess and compare the efficacy of a standard 8-weeks protocol based on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR program versus a 4-week shortened version of the protocol in the improvement of wellbeing variables in a non-clinical population in Spain. The investigators initial hypothesis was that both protocols are efficacious but the standard 8-week performs better that the short one.

Enrollment: 99 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be adult (18-y or older);
• willingness to participate in the study and signing informed consent;
• ability to understand and write Spanish.

Exclusion criteria

• have an acute clinical or psychiatry condition;
• have no previous experience with mindfulness or other type of contemplative or mind-boy practices such as yoga, taichi or chikung.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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99 participants in 3 patient groups

standard 8-weeks MBSR

Experimental group

Description:

8-week program

Treatment:

Behavioral: standard 8-weeks MBSR

4-week shortened MBSR

Experimental group

Description:

Short 4 sessions intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: 4-week shortened MBSR

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

control group: No intervention