Clinical trial NCT04745364: Mindful Kala: Virtual Bharatanatyam Wellness Program for Students
Official title: Mindful Kala: Investigating the Psychosocial Effects of a 4-Week Virtual Bharatanatyam Intervention for Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Quality of Life
Cultural Competence
Stress
Lead sponsor: Yale University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-02-09
Enrollment: 53
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study uses a waitlist control design. The "call for participants" will be included in the Good Life Center newsletters sent the week of February 8th (if possible) and February 15th. Students will register by 11:59 pm on Friday, February 19th . If they are eligible, within the registration survey, participants will then progress to baseline assessments of stress, well-being, mindful awareness, cultural competence, and feelings of connectedness to the Yale community. Participants will be randomly assigned to either Session One or Session Two.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: In the current study, the researchers propose to develop and pilot test a Bharatanatyam (i.e. Indian classical dance) program called Mindful Kala with the hopes of decreasing stress and increasing psychosocial well-being, mindfulness, cultural competence, and connectedness amongst a group of college students. The investigators hope that this program can help students cultivate well-being during the challenging and stressful time of COVID-19.

Detailed description: Objectives:

1. Evaluate the effects of the Mindful Kala program on outcomes of health-related measures such as mindfulness, stress, connectedness, and wellbeing amongst students. The investigators hypothesize that participants will experience fewer symptoms of stress, increased mindfulness, increased well-being, and increased connectedness.
2. Evaluate the effects of the Mindful Kala program on changes in measures of cultural competence. The investigators hypothesize that the level of cultural competence will increase among the students.
3. Develop and examine the feasibility and acceptability of a 4-week Mindful Kala program for college students.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Yale student
* 18 years of age or older
* Must complete all survey measures
* Is available for all of the designated Session One \& Session Two dates and times
* Attends all of the designated Session One \& Session Two dates and times

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not a Yale student
* Not 18 years of age or older
* Does not complete all survey measures
* Is not available for all of the designated Session One \& Session Two dates and times
* Does not attend all of the designated Session One \& Session Two dates and times

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in stress from Mindful Kala Intervention
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
measure: Change in subjective well-being from Mindful Kala Intervention
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
measure: Change in mindful awareness from Mindful Kala Intervention
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
measure: Change in cultural competence from Mindful Kala Intervention
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
measure: Change in connectedness from Mindful Kala Intervention
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Longitudinal Impact of Mindful Kala on Stress
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
measure: Longitudinal Impact of Mindful Kala on Well-Being
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
measure: Longitudinal Impact of Mindful Kala on Mindfulness
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
measure: Longitudinal Impact of Mindful Kala on Cultural Competence
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
measure: Longitudinal Impact of Mindful Kala on Connectedness
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
measure: Feasibility & Acceptability of Mindful Kala
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Locations:
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: Good Life Center, Yale University
state: Connecticut
Study officials:
affiliation: Yale University
name: Laurie Santos, Doctorate
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Yale University
name: Elizabeth Goldfarb, Doctorate
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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