HEALTHY (Health Education Adolescent Leadership Training to Help Youth) Leaders

University of Rochester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: only pre and post evaluation measures; Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01708291

PMA 2-12213

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will measure baseline stress among a group of youth in foster and kinship care. The investigators will implement a pilot program to target stress reduction by using an evidence-based group therapy technique teaching mindfulness skills. The investigators hypothesize that the mindfulness skills will help youth to reduce stress, which will be measured using psychological and physiological techniques.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 21 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ages 14-21 years at time of intervention being offered, offered to youth in out of home care (e.g. foster and kinship care)

Exclusion criteria

• severe developmental delay
• non English speaking, not in age range

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Mindfulness Based Stress reduction

Active Comparator group

Description:

attending 10 weekly sessions and comprised of an eight week mindfulness intervention program, and completing pre- and postevaluation measures on the first and last sessions

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction

No Mindfulness based intervention

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

completing only re- and post-evaluation measures on the first and last sessions

Treatment:

Behavioral: only pre and post evaluation measures