Mindfulness Takes Practice

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress, Habits

In brief

The purpose of the study is to optimize the delivery of mHealth tools to support the formation of persistent mindfulness meditation routines. Aim 1: Identify the efficacy of the anchoring strategy on the persistence of daily meditation practice. H1: Persistence (measured through repeated observations of panel regression models of the daily likelihood of mindfulness mediation over the 16-week follow-up period) will be greater among AG as compared to CG. Aim 2: Determine participant phenotypes that are (a) associated with successfully anchoring daily meditation or (b) likely to need additional supports. Potential moderators of the anchoring strategy's success include participants' daily schedule, type of work, household composition, motivation, time and risk preferences, and prior exposure to mindfulness, which will be analyzed in the panel regression model framework above. Aim 3: Determine the optimal type, timing, and sequence of push notifications for encouraging daily mindfulness meditation within and across study groups. The efficacy of each push notification type (tracking sessions completed, reminders, mood symptom tracking, and group-specific goal reminders), timing, and dynamics on the anchoring of daily meditation will inform a subsequent, just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI). Impact: This study will inform an optimal JITAI R01 proposal that will personalize the type and temporal dynamics of app-based daily supports for successfully routinizing daily meditation, and determine its effects on mental health, specifically PTSD. Lifetime prevalence of PTSD is 7% in adults and meditation is known to reduce PTSD. If effective

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04378530

Run by

Arizona State University

People needed

174

Starts

2020-07-27

Expected to finish

2021-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-07-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men or Women
• Between 18 and 60 years of age
• Able to read/understand English
• Have access to a smartphone on a daily basis
• Reside in the US or a US territory
• Willing to be randomized
• Willing to download a mobile application
• Paid for Calm but do not use it OR paid for 60 days and then after 30 days no activity

You may not qualify if…

• Currently using the Calm app or another meditation app
• Currently participating in >60 mins of meditation/yoga in one month within the last 6 months.
• Currently reside outside the United States
• Email provided is not associated with Calm account

Where it is running

• Arizona Biomedical Collaborative — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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