MBI for Psychological Distress, SI and NSSI Among Young Adults

Fatima Jinnah Women University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Suicidal Ideation; Non-Suicidal Self Injury; Psychological Distress

Treatments: Other: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06263335

Fatima Jinnah Women University

Details and patient eligibility

About

Designed to measure the impact of Mindfulness Based Intervention on depression, anxiety, stress, psychological distress, Suicidal Ideation, Non-Suicidal Self Injury urge and Mindfulness in young adults. Those individuals who agree to participate in the trial and identified with high levels of psychological distress and Suicidal Ideation, randomly divided into interventional (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction intervention then administered to the interventional group for eight weeks and pre and post intervention assessment done for both the groups.

Full description

Study assessment measures:

• Informed consent form
• Demographic questionnaire
• Screener questions form
• Assessment instruments:
• Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)
• Suicide Ideation Scale (SIS)
• Alexian Brothers Urge to Self Injure Scale (ABUSI)
• Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants aged 18-24, of any gender, who consented to participate and could comprehend English (the language of the questionnaires).
• Selected respondents from the initial survey were included based on specific criteria:
• Willingness to continue participation.
• Unmarried status.
• Pursuing education (Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D.) , Pakistan.
• Non-hosteller and unemployed.
• Residing with both parents.
• Affirmative response to screener questions about suicidal ideation (SI) and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI).
• High scores on psychological distress and SI scales.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants failing to meet inclusion criteria or falling under the following categories were excluded:
• Non-students.
• History of present or past psychiatric illness, with recent medication or treatment within the past year.
• Presence of debilitating physical diseases or disabilities. Involvement in or history of substance use.
• Long-term medication for any condition, as these factors could impact study results.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Interventional Group (Receiving Mindfulness Based Intervention)

Experimental group

Description:

after the young adults have been randomized into interventional and control groups based on high levels of psychological distress, SI and NSSI, n=30 participants from this group would receive the mindfulness based intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention

Control Group (No Intervention)

No Intervention group

Description:

A wait list control group of n=30 randomized participants from the initial cohort would be in this group and receive no intervention, until the trial is completed.