Evaluating a Primary-Care Group-based Mindfulness Program

McMaster University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Depression; Anxiety; Social Isolation

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness Group Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03662581

Group-based Mindfulness

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates the effectiveness of a group-based mindfulness program conducted in a primary care setting. This study also aims to identify any scale-up and implementation considerations for the program.

Full description

A primary care group-based mindfulness program was developed by community physicians and co-op and public health students in Ajax, Ontario. The program was started in January 2018 and is run through the Ajax Harwood Clinic, which is a clinic housing a Family Health Organization (FHO) comprising of 5 physicians and approximately 6,500 patients. The purposes of the program are:

1. To teach mindfulness skills for stress reduction, self-compassion, and dealing with difficult thoughts and emotions,

2. To promote an integrative concept of health, which treats the whole person

3. To promote community building and positive relationships

4. To capitalize on the power of groups to:

   1. Foster peer-to-peer learning and support when it comes to coping with life challenges
   2. Combat isolation
   3. Increase efficiency, quality, and timeliness of care

This study evaluates the 8-week rolling admission mindfulness program, by first doing a retrospective chart review to identify effect sizes and then conducting a before-after study evaluation of the effect of the mindfulness program on key mental health outcome measures.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be enrolled in mindfulness-based program through Ajax Harwood Clinic
• Age of 18
• English-speaking ability to participate in program
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• no formal exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 1 patient group

Mindfulness Group Program

Experimental group

Description:

A primary care mindfulness-based rolling admissions program where subjects must attend 4 of 8 consecutive group sessions, to be considered to have completed the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Group Program