Clinical trial NCT03296514: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Metabolic Syndrome
Official title: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Study for Couples
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Metabolic Syndrome
Lead sponsor: Yale University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-09-28
Enrollment: 22
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Mindfulness based stress reduction offered to couples where one has metabolic syndrome to see if their stress is reduced as measured by bio markers and surveys

Detailed description: This is a pilot study being designed to pilot a MBSR program for the purposes of future research.The investigators will be using two cohorts. One who will get the intervention and the other who will be wait listed and receive the intervention at a later date. Eight week mindfulness class offered to couples, who also attend an orientation session and a half day retreat with other couples to learn how to control stress through mindfulness meditation practices. Participants will come for lab work before intervention, eight weeks after initial class and at the end of entire program. Bio- markers to be measured are waist circumference, FBS and cholesterol.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participant has 3 of the following: a Abdominal Obesity; b. Hypertriglyceridemia; c. Low High Density Lipoproteins (HDL); d. High Blood Pressure; e. High Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS)
* Participant must be married or co- habituating
* Both partners are over sixty

Exclusion Criteria:

* Either partner is non- English speaking
* Either partner practices mind- body therapies more than once a week/
* Either partner taking psychiatric medicine

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self- reported physical health status
timeFrame: Up to three weeks after intervention ends
measure: Perceived stress
timeFrame: Up to three weeks after intervention ends
measure: Mindfulness Skills
timeFrame: Up to three weeks after intervention ends
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: Yale University
state: Connecticut
Study officials:
affiliation: Professor
name: Joan Monin, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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