Recruiting

Digital Meditation

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT03624348

Conditions

Stress

Psychological

Behavioral Symptoms

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

meditation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The aim of this study is to test the effects of a digital meditation intervention in a sample University of California, Irvine (UCI) employees who report mild to moderate stress. UCI employees will be randomized to either 8-weeks of a digital meditation intervention (using the commercially available application Headspace) or a waitlist control condition.

Conditions

Stress

Psychological

Behavioral Symptoms

Study ID

NCT03624348

Start date

Sep 20, 2018

Status verified date

Apr, 2021

Completion date

Mar, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

You may join if you:

  • Have access to a smartphone or computer every day
  • Are fluent in English
  • Are a UCSF employee
  • Report mild to moderate levels of stress
  • Consent: demonstrate understanding of the study and willingness to participate as evidenced by voluntary informed consent and has received a signed and dated copy of the informed consent
  • Are at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

  • You may not join if you are an experienced meditator or have participated in a formal meditation practice in the last 6 months (defined as once or more per week for a duration of 20 minutes or more at each practice)

Study Design

Enrollment

2000 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Meditation Group

Participants in the intervention group will assigned to a digitally-based meditation intervention (Headspace app- Basics + Stress packs) and asked to use this for at least 10 minutes a day over the course of 8 weeks

no intervention: Wait list control group

Waitlist control group participants will continue their normal activities and not add any form of meditation during the study period.

Interventions

meditation

10 minute per day, 8 week digital meditation

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in perceived stress score, as determined by the total score on the Perceived Stress Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline to post-intervention, an anticipated average of 8 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of California Irvine

Recruiting

Irvine, California, United States, 92697

Contacts

John F Hunter, MA

657-229-3138stressfreeuci@gmail.com

Principal Investigator:

Sarah D Pressman, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, Irvine

Last update posted

Apr 8, 2021

Last verified

Apr, 2021

Keywords

  • stress
  • mindfulness
  • work related stress
  • health
  • meditation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, Irvine on 2021-04-08.