The Impact of Heartfulness Self-Care Program on Anxiety, Satisfaction With Life, and Loneliness Levels in Students and Staff in High Schools.

Heartfulness Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Satisfaction With Life; Loneliness; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-Care Program through Heartfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05874232

2022/01/2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This quantitative study assesses the baseline anxiety, satisfaction with life, and loneliness scores in students and staff in a global study. Assessments at baseline will include the GAD, SWLS, and UCLA loneliness scale, and the same questionnaires were collected in Week 4 and Week 8. The Google form questionnaire will ask the high schoolers and staff for their email address and their parent's email address (if they are under 18). The form will also include a question eliciting interest in participation in the 4-weeks Heartfulness program. The program will include tools that promote a heart-based nurturing environment focusing on relaxation, positivity, and developing growth mindsets.

Full description

The specific aim of this study is to assess changes in scores measuring symptoms of anxiety using GAD-7 (and GAD-Child), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS and SWLS-C), and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3).

Enrollment: 203 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• High School Students (grades 9-12) and Staff, aged 14 and above, and willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speaking high school students and staff and those with mental health diagnoses such as Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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203 participants in 2 patient groups

Heartfulness Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants were asked to practice relaxation tools for 15 minutes a day using the calendar and HeartBot app, and participate in once a weekly webinar for 30 minutes during the four weeks. The GAD, SWLS, and UCLA Loneliness scale was recorded prior to the start of the study, at the end of the program at Week 4, and after the duration of 4 weeks at Week 8. The score was reviewed to see the changes in anxiety, satisfaction with life, and loneliness scale.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-Care Program through Heartfulness

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group had no change in their daily routines.