'Go With the Flow': Effects of Mindful Self-Compassion in Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Medical University of Graz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Meditation; Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindful Self-Compassion; Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04917081

MUGrazXXX

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial to gain further insights into possible effects of a standardized 6-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training on psychiatric rehabilitation inpatients and aims

• to generate insights into which parameters of mental health, and especially emotion regulation, can be improved by MSC in this setting,
• to compare effects of MSC training with an established relaxation training (i.e., progressive muscle relaxation; PMR) and
• to determine the general conditions and patient characteristics influencing the effectiveness of MSC training.

Enrollment: 233 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Psychiatric diagnosis
2. Signed informed consent form
3. Full command of the German language

Exclusion criteria

1. Age <18 years
2. Acute psychotic episode, acute suicidal tendencies, and acute addiction disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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233 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindful Self-Compassion

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Self-Compassion

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation