Meditation and Kundalini Yoga for Heightened Anxiety Related to COVID-19

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Conditions studied: Generalized Anxiety, Health Anxiety

In brief

This randomized clinical on-line study examines whether whether a daily practice of meditation or Kundalini Yoga with anxiety reduction training leads to a greater reduction in anxiety than anxiety reduction training alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04386291

Run by

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

People needed

256

Starts

2020-05-25

Expected to finish

2022-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2024-09-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Heightened anxiety triggered or exacerbated by COVID-19
• Anxiety it least mild-moderate in severity
• English speaking and living in the United States
• Access to a smart phone, tablet, or computer with internet
• Able to read and understand English

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals with severe depression or substance abuse
• Individuals with a current or past history of psychosis, bipolar disorder, or PTSD.
• Individuals with physical disability that might make study participation difficult.
• Individuals with an unstable medical illness or a history of cardiac disease
• Individuals with a current daily practice of meditation or Kundalini yoga
• Individuals with confirmed or suspected COVID-19
• Individuals who are currently pregnant or anticipate being pregnant during study

Where it is running

• ProofPilot (Virtual Study: https://proofpilot.com/covid-anxiety/) — New York, New York, United States
• Columbia University Department of Psychiatry — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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