Status:
COMPLETED
Psychophysiological Effects of Controlled Respiration and Mindfulness
Lead Sponsor:
Stanford University
Conditions:
Stress, Physiological
Stress, Emotional
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators aim to understand the effectiveness of 3 types of breathwork exercises and a mindfulness meditation control on improving psychological and physiological measures of wellbeing. The in...
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Examine psychological and physiological effects of breathwork in general in comparison to mindfulness meditation. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Examine the effectiveness of specif...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥ 18
- Not pregnant
- Able to follow basic instruction for prescreen and scheduling
- Compliant with investigator instructions during the consent process and participation in the study
Exclusion
- Age \<18
- Pregnant
- Non-English speaking
- Anyone with personality disorders or psychosis such as schizoaffective disorder
- Demonstrates evidence of severe psychiatric disorder in prescreen or email contact (as judged by Dr. Spiegel)
- Glaucoma
- History of seizures
- Suicidal
- Heart disease (based on PI's clinical judgement, dependent on the severity of the symptoms)
- Current untreated psychosis, or bipolar disorder, or substance/alcohol abuse/dependence (based on PI's clinical judgement, dependent on the severity of the symptoms)
- Any Medical condition that could be exasperated by study participation (based on PI's clinical judgement)
- Non USA mailing address to receive the WHOOP strap
- Vision or hearing impairment severe enough to interfere with study participation,
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 2 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 17 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
108 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05304000
Start Date
June 2 2020
End Date
September 17 2020
Last Update
May 6 2022
Active Locations (2)
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1
Neurobiology and Ophthalmology
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
2
Dept. of Psychiatry, Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States, 94305