Impact of Mindfulness Training on Stress-related Health Outcomes in Law Enforcement
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Conditions studied: Stress, Psychological, Sleep, Inflammation, Mental Health
In brief
In a sample of 120 officers from Dane County law enforcement agencies, the investigators are conducting a randomized controlled trial of an 8-week mindfulness-based training program for police officers, Madison Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training (mMBRT), and investigating the impact of this training on subjective responses to stress, stress-related psychological and physical health outcomes, and biological and behavioral correlates of perceived stress. While the benefits of mindfulness-based interventions have been documented in a variety of populations, this will be the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind of law enforcement personnel. In addition to self-report measures, this study assesses an array of objective biological and behavioral outcomes both in the laboratory and in the field that may speak to mechanisms of change involved in symptom reduction.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03488875
- Run by
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- People needed
- 115
- Starts
- 2018-03-06
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-10
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-01-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- At least 18 years of age
- Capable of giving informed consent
- Fluent in English
- Currently employed sworn law enforcement officer working in the Dane County Sheriff's Office, Madison Police Department, or University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department.
You may not qualify if…
- Extensive prior experience in meditation practice, or previous completion of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training, or a substantively similar meditation training program
- A work schedule that precludes one from committing to regular participation in the 8-week training program
- Command staff working in a supervisory role
Where it is running
- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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