Cognition and Health in Adolescents, Mindfulness as Prevention of Stress.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether mindfulness is useful as primary prevention for psychological health in highschool students, primarily related to stress, and whether mindfulness can improve cognitive function.

Detailed Description
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There is a general suspicion that stress and stress-related psychological disorders is growing in highschool students in Sweden. Mindfulness is a well researched therapeutical method for treating stress-related disorders. This study will first collect data on stress-related psychological symptoms by several well-validated surveys. The surveys will be made twice with 8 weeks in between to examine variability. After the second survey the population of highschool students will be randomly assigned to web-based mindfulness intervention, music relaxation intervention or control group. A third survey will be conducted after eight weeks of intervention and before and after an external stressor.

Official Title
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Mindfulness as a Method of Improving Mental Health and Cognitive Results and Decreasing Stress in Secondary School Students; a Prospective Randomised Controlled Single-blinded Pilot Study

Conditions
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Stress, Complete Psychological Check Up, Sleep, Cognition - Other, Personality

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Mindfulness intervention
* Behavioral: Music relaxation


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: High school student from designated school Exclusion Criteria: None Swedish-speaking

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 15 Years
Maximum Age: 20 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: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Mindfulness<br>Mindfulness intervention 10 minutes daily | Behavioral: Mindfulness intervention<br>* Web-based guided mindfulness meditation 10 minutes daily<br>* Other names: Mindfulnesscenter, Web-based mindfulness intervention;|
| Active Comparator: Music relaxation<br>Music intervention 10 minutes daily | Behavioral: Music relaxation<br>* Music relaxation 10 minutes daily<br>* Other names: Music relaxation by Paxx;|
| No Intervention: Business as usual<br>No intervention - control group. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Better mental health | Lower Global Severity Index (from SCL-90) intrapersonal change | Baseline to Eight weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Better sleep quality | Lower result on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | Baseline to Eight weeks | 
| Lower degree of perceived stress | Lower result on Perceived Stress Scale | Baseline to Eight weeks | 
| Cognitive enhancement | Shorter time on Trailmaking A and B as well as higher result on Symbol-Digit | Baseline to Eight weeks | 
| Higher grades | Higher mean school grades | Baseline to 6 months | 
| Lower sick leave | Less days of sick leave | Baseline to 6 months | 
| Lower Neuroticism | Lower Neuroticism result on Eysenck's Personality Questionnaire | Baseline to Eight weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Mindfulness, Stress, Cognition, Psychological health, Primary prevention