Healthy
Conditions
Brief summary
Youth is a crucial time of life when physical and mental well-being is critical. Students are vulnerable due to academic and pandemic stresses. Meditation research has been showing effects on improved parameters of mental health (sleep quality, attention, memory, and concentration), emotional wellbeing (reduced stress and anxiety), and physiological parameters (better metabolism, circulation, immunity, etc.), which influence the life and academic performance of students. This study is designed to examine the feasibility of conducting a meditation intervention among students of a small liberal arts university in Pakistan. Future larger and longer randomized controlled clinical trials on high-risk youth may be planned at a later stage to see the impact on academic performance and career progression.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMeditation
Students will meditate for 30 min every day for 10 days
Sponsors
Habib University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 27 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy students
Exclusion criteria
* Students suffering from a serious illness * Students already meditating regularly
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Meditation Practice | 10 days | Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory |
| Sleep quality (sleep duration, deep sleep, light sleep, REM) | 10 days | Sleep quality as measure by the fitness watch |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Physical activity and Heart Rate | 10 days | Physical activity as measure by the the fitness watch |
| Stress and Breathing Score | 10 days | Stress levels as measure by the the fitness watch |
| Food intake and nutrient profile | 10 days | Dietary pattern measured through an online app |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation | 10 days | GRAT-Short Form; higher scores are better |
| Happiness | 10 days | Oxford Happiness Questionnaire; higher score is more happiness. |
| Empathy | 10 days | Empathy Quotient, This score is on a range from 0 (low level of empathy) to 80 (high level of empathy) |
| Emotional wellbeing | 10 days | Mental Health Continuum - Short Form MHC-SF; Each of the 14 items on the MHC-SF can be scored between 0 and 5, which means that the total score on the scale can range from 0 to 70 points. Higher scores indicate a higher level of emotional wellbeing. |
| Nomophobia Questionnaire | 10 days | NMPQ |
| Social Networking Addiction | 10 days | SNAS |
| Internet Use | 10 days | Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale - GPIUS |
| Depression Anxiety and Stress | 10 days | Depression, Anxiety and Stress Score (DASS-21); The total score on the scale can range from 0 to 21 points. Higher scores indicate Severe depression while lower score indicates mild anxiety. |
| Resilience and Resilience Coping | 10 days | Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and Brief Resilience Coping Scale (BRCS); The possible score range on the BRS is from 1 (low resilience) to 5 (high resilience). The possible score range on the BRCS is from 4 (low resilience) to 20 (high resilience). |
| Grit | 10 days | Short grit scale (Grit-S). Scores can vary from 1 point (low grit) to maximally 5 points (high grit). |
| Loneliness | 10 days | UP LAS; The score can range from 25 (low) to 100 (high). |
Contacts
Primary ContactHumaira Jamshed, PhD
Backup ContactJamshed Arslan, PhD
Outcome results
None listed