Mindful Waiting Room

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This will be a single-site, five-arm, parallel group randomized control trial involving patients seeking integrative healthcare. Four different styles of 5-minute, audio-recoded mindfulness practices delivered in the clinic waiting room will be compared with a 5-minute audio-recording about integrative healthcare. A secondary sub-analysis will investigate the most effective mindfulness practice style for patients presenting at the clinic with elevated anxiety, depression, or pain.

Official Title
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Idle Waiting or Meditating: Does a Brief, Mindfulness Intervention in the Clinic Waiting Room Improve Patient Outcomes?

Conditions
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Anxiety State, Depressive State, Pain, Nausea, Fatigue, Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Body Scan
* Behavioral: Mindful Breathing
* Behavioral: Mindfulness of Discomfort
* Behavioral: Mindful Savoring
* Behavioral: Integrative Health Recording


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Seeking treatment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute's Wellness Center Adults 18+ Facility with the English language that is adequate to complete study procedures Exclusion Criteria: Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures An unstable illness judged by medical staff to interfere with study treatment

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Body Scan Practice<br> | Behavioral: Body Scan<br>* Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded body scan practice.<br>|
| Experimental: Mindful Breathing Practice<br> | Behavioral: Mindful Breathing<br>* Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded mindful breathing practice.<br>|
| Experimental: Mindfulness of Discomfort Practice<br> | Behavioral: Mindfulness of Discomfort<br>* Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded mindfulness of discomfort practice.<br>|
| Experimental: Mindful Savoring Practice<br> | Behavioral: Mindful Savoring<br>* Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded mindful savoring practice.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Integrative Health Recording<br> | Behavioral: Integrative Health Recording<br>* Patients will listen to a 5-minute, audio-recorded description of integrative health.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Acceptability | 75% of patients that begin an audio recording will listen to the full, 5-minute recording | A single 5-minute period | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Pain | Single item assessing pain (Right now, I feel physical pain) scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Very much) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater pain. | Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording | 
| Change in Anxiety | Single item assessing anxiety (Right now, I feel nervous, anxious or on edge) scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Very much) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety. | Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording | 
| Change in Depression | Single item assessing depression (Right now, I feel down, depressed, of uninterested in life) scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Very much) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater depression. | Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording |