None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The proposed study is a brief 10-day intervention to evaluate the immediate and long-term effectiveness of two mobile mindfulness meditation tools at improving wellness and mindfulness capabilities in users. The proposed project will involve innovative assessment and intervention delivery methods utilizing mobile phone technology to increase positive psychological wellbeing in naturalistic environments over time. Participants’ mood, health and daily activities will be tracked during a 10-day trial of their assigned mobile wellness tool using web surveys accessed via their web-enabled mobile phones. We hypothesise that implementing mindfulness techniques will increase psychological wellbeing even over a brief 10-day period and that continued use of mindfulness techniques will result in long-term positive effects on wellbeing.
Interventions
Participants will be randomised into one of three conditions which are outlined below:
Arm 1: Mobile mindfulness meditation app 1. Participants assigned to this condition will be guided through mindfulness meditation practice using an app once daily for 10 minutes for 10 days. Participants will receive push notifications to encourage them to practice mindfulness. Participants will set daily reminders to complete daily mindfulness practice. Daily self-reports of adherence occur over the 10 day t
Participants will be randomised into one of three conditions which are outlined below: Arm 1: Mobile mindfulness meditation app 1. Participants assigned to this condition will be guided through mindfulness meditation practice using an app once daily for 10 minutes for 10 days. Participants will receive push notifications to encourage them to practice mindfulness. Participants will set daily reminders to complete daily mindfulness practice. Daily self-reports of adherence occur over the 10 day trial. Arm 2. Mobile mindfulness meditation app 2. Participants assigned to this condition will be guided through mindfulness meditation practice using an app once daily for 10 minutes for 10 days. Participants will set daily reminders to complete daily mindfulness practice. Daily self-reports of adherence occur over the 10 day trial. Arm 3: Control condition. Participants assigned to this condition will use an app-based organisational tool to complete a neutral task once daily for 10 minutes for 10 days. Daily self-reports of adherence occur over the 10 day trial.
Sponsors
University of Otago
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Must be a current college student and have a smartphone capable of running downloaded applications
Exclusion criteria
Nil.
Outcome results
None listed