Mantra meditation to improve wellbeing in urticaria patients attending St James’s Hospital

Attention-based training programme in the management of chronic spontaneous urticaria and angioedema

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN13672947

Enrollment

Registered

2020-09-22

Start date

2020-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-08-24

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Conditions

Chronic spontaneous urticaria and angioedema Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases Urticaria

Interventions

This study has one arm, which is attendance at an attention-based training programme based on meditation for patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria. The attention-based training programme consist

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults with a clinical diagnosis of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) with or without angioedema 2. Symptoms on at least one day per week 3. Urticaria control test score of <12 indicative of poorly controlled symptoms

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who had started an anti-depressant medication in the past 3 months 2. Diagnosis of an Axis I mental health disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Barriers to implementation of the intervention identified through convergent interviewing techniques at baseline and 1-week post completion of the intervention 2. Recruitment and retention of participants measured by recording participant attendance throughout the intervention over an 8-week period 3. Adherence to daily practice using individual biofeedback tools (HeartMath software) throughout the intervention over an 8- week period 4. Feasibility of collecting outcome assessment data measured by assessing the return of data from participants at baseline and 1-week post completion of the intervention 5. Qualitative assessment of participant experiences of the programme collected via interview 1-week post completion of the intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Barriers to implementation of the intervention identified through convergent interviewing techniques at baseline and 1-week post completion of the intervention 2. Recruitment and retention of participants measured by recording participant attendance throughout the intervention over an 8-week period 3. Adherence to daily practice using individual biofeedback tools (HeartMath software) throughout the intervention over an 8- week period 4. Feasibility of collecting outcome assessment data measured by assessing the return of data from participants at baseline and 1-week post completion of the intervention 5. Qualitative assessment of participant experiences of the programme collected via interview 1-week post completion of the intervention

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Perceived individual symptoms measured using the urticaria control test (UCT) at baseline, 1 week before and 1 week after completion of the ABT programme 2. Depression, anxiety and stress measured using the depression-anxiety-stress score (DASS) at baseline and post 8-week ABT programme 3. Bio-psycho-social health measured using the PERMA-profiler at baseline, 1 week before and 1 week after completion of the ABT programme 4. Traits associated with sustained meditation practice (attention, observational skills, non-reactivity and non-judgemental skills) measured using the five-facet mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ) at baseline, 1 week before and 1 week after completion of the ABT programme	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Perceived individual symptoms measured using the urticaria control test (UCT) at baseline, 1 week before and 1 week after completion of the ABT programme 2. Depression, anxiety and stress measured using the depression-anxiety-stress score (DASS) at baseline and post 8-week ABT programme 3. Bio-psycho-social health measured using the PERMA-profiler at baseline, 1 week before and 1 week after completion of the ABT programme 4. Traits associated with sustained meditation practice (attention, observational skills, non-reactivity and non-judgemental skills) measured using the five-facet mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ) at baseline, 1 week before and 1 week after completion of the ABT programme

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Countries

Ireland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026