Internet-based Stress Reduction Training for Students (IBSR-stud)

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Online-MBSR; Behavioral: Expressive Writing Online

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02062762

KI-MBSR-Pilot

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the current study is to evaluate whether a mindfulness based intervention delivered online can provide an effective resource for increasing psychological well-being among students. In addition, explore potential mechanisms through which the training lead to improvements by means of mediational analyses, with hypothesized variables like positive/negative affect and attention regulation.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• current student
• have an active e-mail account
• regular use of the internet

Exclusion criteria

• non-Swedish speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

Online-MBSR

Experimental group

Description:

8 week mindfulness based stress reduction online

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online-MBSR

Expressive Writing Online

Active Comparator group

Description:

Online distributed expressive writing intervention as active control

Treatment:

Behavioral: Expressive Writing Online