Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
Will the intervention (Heart SMART program) be feasible in moderate or high stress patients, who are referred to the Women's Heart and Preventive Cardiology clinics at Mayo Clinic?
Detailed description
The Heart SMART Program is designed to offer a practical and efficacious stress management and resiliency intervention. It involves making participants aware of practices to enhance present moment awareness and engagement. It teaches learners to train their attention, and refine interpretation; utilizing principles of gratitude, compassion, acceptance, higher meaning and forgiveness. Participants will choose to use one of two delivery methods (either the face to face method or the on-line method) of the Heart SMART program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFace to Face Heart SMART Program
The Heart SMART stress management program survey consists of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ - 9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD - 7), followed by email communication every three weeks.
BEHAVIORALOn-line Heart SMART Program
The Heart SMART stress management program survey consists of PSS (Perceived Stress Scale), BRS (Brief Resilience Scale), PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) and GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) taken on-line in twelve, 10 minutes sessions.
BEHAVIORALMayo Clinic Guide to Stress Free Living
All subjects will be provided with a copy of the book entitled Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress Free Living and encouraged to read it over the twelve week study period.
Sponsors
Mayo Clinic
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
25 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Women age 25-75 years. 2. Able to speak English and complete questionnaire. 3. Self-reported Stress Scale 6 - 10 (visual analog scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being lowest stress and 10 being highest stress) 4. Women in face to face session will have to be able to attend the SMART session. 5. Women in the online group will be required to have the ability to use internet to access the online training material.
Exclusion criteria
1. Self-reported Stress Index \<6 2. Pregnant women will be excluded from participation in the study. Pregnancy test is not required because the intervention in this study poses no risk 3. Unable to give written consent 4. Inability or refusal to cooperate with study procedures
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in Heart SMART Program survey score | Baseline and 12 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Participant's adherence survey score to Heart SMART program | 16, 20 and 24 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed