Stress Reduction for Busy Professionals

Allina Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Meditation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02194478

S091301

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pre-post intervention pilot study to evaluate the impact of a 30-minute, 8-week mind-body/meditation intervention on self-reported quality of life in individuals employed by Allina Health. Outcomes will include validated questionnaires for depressive symptomology, perceived stress, anxiety, healthy lifestyle, quality of life as well as biological outcomes of salivary cortisol for a sub-sample of employees.

Enrollment: 101 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women aged 18 to 65 years
• Actively-working healthcare professional employed by Allina Health.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in an Allina Health stress reduction program
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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101 participants in 1 patient group

8 Week Meditation

Other group

Description:

Allina Health employees undergoing 8 week meditation intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Meditation