An interventional study of Mindfulness intervention and Music relaxation in Stress, Complete Psychological Check Up and Sleep, sponsored by Region Skane. Status unknown at 1 site in Sweden. Open to participants aged 15 Years to 20 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-02-14.
Sponsored by Region Skane · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of this study is to determine whether mindfulness is useful as primary prevention for psychological health in highschool students, primarily related to stress, and whether mindfulness can improve cognitive function.
There is a general suspicion that stress and stress-related psychological disorders is growing in highschool students in Sweden. Mindfulness is a well researched therapeutical method for treating stress-related disorders. This study will first collect data on stress-related psychological symptoms by several well-validated surveys. The surveys will be made twice with 8 weeks in between to examine variability. After the second survey the population of highschool students will be randomly assigned to web-based mindfulness intervention, music relaxation intervention or control group. A third survey will be conducted after eight weeks of intervention and before and after an external stressor.
Region Skane is the lead sponsor of 372 studies on the registry; 113 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Mindfulness intervention 10 minutes daily
Behavioral: Mindfulness intervention
Music intervention 10 minutes daily
Behavioral: Music relaxation
No intervention - control group.
Web-based guided mindfulness meditation 10 minutes daily
Also known as: Mindfulnesscenter, Web-based mindfulness intervention
Music relaxation 10 minutes daily
Also known as: Music relaxation by Paxx
Better mental health
Lower Global Severity Index (from SCL-90) intrapersonal change
Time frame: Baseline to Eight weeks
Better sleep quality
Lower result on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Time frame: Baseline to Eight weeks
Lower degree of perceived stress
Lower result on Perceived Stress Scale
Time frame: Baseline to Eight weeks
Cognitive enhancement
Shorter time on Trailmaking A and B as well as higher result on Symbol-Digit
Time frame: Baseline to Eight weeks
Higher grades
Higher mean school grades
Time frame: Baseline to 6 months
Lower sick leave
Less days of sick leave
Time frame: Baseline to 6 months
Lower Neuroticism
Lower Neuroticism result on Eysenck's Personality Questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline to Eight weeks
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