Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Urban Youth

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR); Behavioral: Healthy topics

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00661271

NA_00002064

R21AT005209 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our uncontrolled study of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for urban youth suggests benefits in mental health and quality of life outcomes. To evaluate further the specific effects of MBSR, we are conducting a small randomized controlled trial of the MBSR program compared with a health education program.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial will be conducted at two urban clinic sites. HIV-positive youth between the ages of 14 and 22 will be recruited and randomized into either an eight-week (with one retreat session) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course (intervention) or an eight-week (with one retreat session) Healthy Topics (HT) course (active control). Measures of psychological functioning, coping, and life satisfaction will take place at baseline, immediately post-program, and 3-months post program. Medical data, including Cluster of Differentiation 4 (CD4) and viral load counts, will also be collected at the three data collection time points.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 22 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 14-22 year old youth who receive primary care at the Harriet Lane Clinic or Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Exclusion criteria

• Significant developmental, behavioral, substance abuse, or psychiatric disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Experimental group

Description:

8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program with one retreat session

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)

Healthy Topics

Active Comparator group

Description:

8-week health education program with one retreat session - based on a health curriculum developed by McGraw/Hill

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy topics