None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This trial plans to study an intervention called mBrain therapy to evaluate if it is more effective than a mindfulness control activity for people with significant anxiety. As a new field mBraining is showing some encouraging results but at present lacks a robust empirical base to show unequivocally that it works in practice. Stress and Anxiety is one area where mBraining is having encouraging results and it is for that reason that we believe it would be valuable to evaluate mBraining in this study to demonstrate the impact that can be experienced through teaching new behavioural patterns which lead to the balancing of the autonomic nervous system. The intervention is a basic physiological taught technique to reduce the sympathetic response caused by stress and anxiety. It is our belief that the impact from the foundational mBIT Processes would be more significant and longer lasting.
Interventions
It is anticipated that the mBrain Process will be around 30 to 40 minutes. The intervention is done on an individual face to face basis by one therapist. There will be two therapists doing the intervention who are trained in mBrain work. It is a talk therapy. The time in each stage is about half so 15 to 20 minutes in stage 1 and stage 2. The two therapists are located at 6 Rangiwai Rd, Titirangi, a suburb in west Auckland.
Stage 1 – Autonomic Balance
Participants will be taught how to use a
It is anticipated that the mBrain Process will be around 30 to 40 minutes. The intervention is done on an individual face to face basis by one therapist. There will be two therapists doing the intervention who are trained in mBrain work. It is a talk therapy. The time in each stage is about half so 15 to 20 minutes in stage 1 and stage 2. The two therapists are located at 6 Rangiwai Rd, Titirangi, a suburb in west Auckland. Stage 1 – Autonomic Balance Participants will be taught how to use a balanced breathing regime to regulate their autonomic nervous system. This will be guided by a script, but through observation of the participant may require some individualisation to ensure compliance. Stage 2 mBrain Meditation A scripted mBrain Meditation (which will be recorded for consistency) will be played for each participant, with sufficient space for internal processing and accessing of head, heart and gut intelligence. The therapists who administer the therapies are trained in alternative therapies of which mBrain therapy would be considered.
Sponsors
Professor Bruce Arroll
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Adults 16 years of age and over up to 80 years old Able to read and write English and understand the information sheet Significant anxiety with an STAI score of > 39
Exclusion criteria
Unable to comprehend information sheet and outside the age range
Outcome results
None listed