Med-YMH: Meditation and Youth Mental Health

• Sponsor: Habib University (Other)
• Overall Status: Not yet recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT05474547
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 14
• Arm: 1
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Youth is a crucial time of life when physical and mental well-being is critical. Students are vulnerable due to academic and pandemic stresses. Meditation research has been showing effects on improved parameters of mental health (sleep quality, attention, memory, and concentration), emotional wellbeing (reduced stress and anxiety), and physiological parameters (better metabolism, circulation, immunity, etc.), which influence the life and academic performance of students. This study is designed to examine the feasibility of conducting a meditation intervention among students of a small liberal arts university in Pakistan. Future larger and longer randomized controlled clinical trials on high-risk youth may be planned at a later stage to see the impact on academic performance and career progression.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Healthy	Behavioral: Meditation	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 14 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Effect of Meditation on the Young Mental Health - A Feasibility Pilot Quasi-experimental Study
• Anticipated Study Start Date: Jul 25, 2022
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Sep 30, 2022
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Dec 25, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Meditation Meditation for 30 min 10 days	Behavioral: Meditation; Students will meditate for 30 min every day for 10 days

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Meditation Practice [10 days]

   Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory

2. Sleep quality (sleep duration, deep sleep, light sleep, REM) [10 days]

   Sleep quality as measure by the fitness watch

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Physical activity and Heart Rate [10 days]

   Physical activity as measure by the the fitness watch

2. Stress and Breathing Score [10 days]

   Stress levels as measure by the the fitness watch

3. Food intake and nutrient profile [10 days]

   Dietary pattern measured through an online app

Other Outcome Measures

1. Emotional wellbeing [10 days]

   Mental Health Continuum - Short Form MHC-SF

2. Depression Anxiety and Stress [10 days]

   DASS21

3. Resilience and Resilience Coping [10 days]

   BRS and BRCS

4. Grit [10 days]

   12-item grit scale

5. Loneliness [10 days]

   UCLA Loneliness Scale

6. Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation [10 days]

   GRAT-Short Form

7. Happiness [10 days]

   Oxford Happiness Questionnaire

8. Empathy [10 days]

   The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire

9. Internet Use [10 days]

   Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale - GPIUS

10. Nomophobia Questionnaire [10 days]

    NMPQ

11. Social Networking Addiction [10 days]

    SNAS

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 Years to 27 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy students

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students suffering from a serious illness

• Students already meditating regularly

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Habib University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Humaira Jamshed, PhD, Integrated Sciences and Mathematics, Dhanani School of Science and Engineering, Habib University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Humaira Jamshed, Assistant Professor, Habib University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05474547
• Other Study ID Numbers: HabibU
• First Posted: Jul 26, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Jul 26, 2022
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 26, 2022