Mindful Waiting Room

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Nausea; Depressive State; Cancer; Fatigue; Pain; Anxiety State

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness of Discomfort; Behavioral: Mindful Savoring; Behavioral: Body Scan; Behavioral: Integrative Health Recording; Behavioral: Mindful Breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05433636

00085446_AM_00042941

Details and patient eligibility

About

This will be a single-site, five-arm, parallel group randomized control trial involving patients seeking integrative healthcare. Four different styles of 5-minute, audio-recoded mindfulness practices delivered in the clinic waiting room will be compared with a 5-minute audio-recording about integrative healthcare.

A secondary sub-analysis will investigate the most effective mindfulness practice style for patients presenting at the clinic with elevated anxiety, depression, or pain.

Enrollment: 305 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Seeking treatment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute's Wellness Center
• Adults 18+
• Facility with the English language that is adequate to complete study procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures
• An unstable illness judged by medical staff to interfere with study treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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305 participants in 5 patient groups

Body Scan Practice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Body Scan

Mindful Breathing Practice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Breathing

Mindfulness of Discomfort Practice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness of Discomfort

Mindful Savoring Practice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Savoring

Integrative Health Recording

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Integrative Health Recording