Contemplative Well-being Apps for the Workplace
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Depression |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - Any |
| Updated: | 1/18/2019 |
| Start Date: | June 6, 2016 |
| End Date: | July 2019 |
| Contact: | Jennifer Mascaro, PhD |
| Email: | jmascar@emory.edu |
| Phone: | 404-727-4301 |
The study will examine the use and impact of a meditation app delivered to adult workforce
populations facing extreme time demands. Enrollees will be randomized to either app or a
wait-list group, and will be assessed in terms of job and daily functioning, well-being, and
biomarkers of immune function and stress physiology, and neural structure and function prior
to randomization and again at multiple time points after participants commence app
engagement. In order to assess efficacy, we will examine the longitudinal changes in all
measures in both the mindfulness group, compared to wait-list control group.
populations facing extreme time demands. Enrollees will be randomized to either app or a
wait-list group, and will be assessed in terms of job and daily functioning, well-being, and
biomarkers of immune function and stress physiology, and neural structure and function prior
to randomization and again at multiple time points after participants commence app
engagement. In order to assess efficacy, we will examine the longitudinal changes in all
measures in both the mindfulness group, compared to wait-list control group.
Over the last 25 years, research on contemplative practices, a family of practices including
mindfulness meditation and yoga, has advanced in domains both clinical and basic, motivated
by burgeoning evidence of their efficacy for remediating psychopathology and augmenting
well-being and resilience. However, much of this research has examined the effects of
scheduled group interventions, delivered in-person by instructors over the course of several
weeks. Far less research has looked at the delivery method that is most common and arguably
most sustainable for busy adults, namely, smart phone delivered Contemplative Applications
(apps) for Well-being (CWAs). The proposed study will examine the use and impact of an app
delivered to populations facing extreme time demands.
mindfulness meditation and yoga, has advanced in domains both clinical and basic, motivated
by burgeoning evidence of their efficacy for remediating psychopathology and augmenting
well-being and resilience. However, much of this research has examined the effects of
scheduled group interventions, delivered in-person by instructors over the course of several
weeks. Far less research has looked at the delivery method that is most common and arguably
most sustainable for busy adults, namely, smart phone delivered Contemplative Applications
(apps) for Well-being (CWAs). The proposed study will examine the use and impact of an app
delivered to populations facing extreme time demands.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Emory Healthcare and University employees, Cox Enterprises employees, and Emory
students
Exclusion Criteria:
- For students and employees in the biomarker sub-study, participants will be studied
only if they pass the Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging standardized MRI screening
protocol (exclusions for ferrous metal in any part of body, such as pacemakers,
cochlear implants, surgical clips or metal fragments, serious medical conditions,
claustrophobia)
We found this trial at
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Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Mascaro, PhD
Phone: 404-727-4301
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