Mindfulness as a preventive intervention: a randomized controlled trial.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON24278

Enrollment

120

Registered

2009-11-02

Start date

2010-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Aandoeningen: Depressie en angststoornissen. Depressie en angststoornissen komen veel voor en vormen een ernstig gezondheidsprobleem. Jaarlijks lijdt 1 op de 4 Nederlanders aan één van deze stoornissen (Meijer e.a., 2006). Ze behoren tot de top-10 van ziekten met de grootste ziektelast. Depressie heeft de hoogste prevalentie bij volwassenen. Jaarlijks hebben ongeveer 600.000 volwassenen in Nederland te kampen met een depressie (Bijl, Ravelli, & Van Zessen, 1998). Verreweg de belangrijkste risico

Interventions

TRAINING COURSE. The mindfulness training is a targeted intervention group of 11 meetings of 1½ hours and possibly a follow-up session after 4-6 weeks, which is conducted in groups of about 8 to 15 pa

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adults (male and female) of 18 years and older with mild tot moderate psychological distress.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Serious psychopathology requiring immediate treatment measured with the M.I.N.I.-Plus. When there is a serious depression or anxiety disorder, the clients will be referred to GGNet, Dimence, Mediant or GGZ Leiden for a treatment. There has been an agreement with the Health organisations that the clients will be seen shortly (within a week); 2. People recently started on pharmacological treatment, within three months (before the start of the research). If so, it is not well deductable if the effects are to be attributed to the intervention or the pharmacological treatment; 3. Currently undergoing psychological (self-help)treatment at a mental health institution; 4. Not enough time for following the training; 5. Inadequate control of the Dutch language (reading or learning difficulties).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction of psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement of positive mental health, psychological flexibility and mindfulness.	—

Contacts

Public ContactWendy Pots

Postbus 217

w.t.m.pots@gw.utwente.nl+31 (0)53 489 3913

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)