Walking for Stress Reduction

• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01716832
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 74
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 9.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The effectiveness of a mindfulness walking program is tested in subjects with a high level of subjectively perceived stress.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Healthy Subjects	Behavioral: Mindfulness Walking	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 74 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Effectiveness of Mindfulness Walking on Stress Reduction
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2011
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Sep 1, 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: Nov 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Mindfulness walking	Behavioral: Mindfulness Walking; Mindful walking in a small group twice a week for 60 minutes within 4 weeks.
No Intervention: No intervention (waiting list)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Cohens Perceived Stress Scale 14 Items [4 weeks]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Quality of Life (SF 36) [Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks]

2. Subjective Stress Level (Visual Analogue Scale) [Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks]

3. Assessment of effect on a Likert - Scale [4 weeks, 12 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy men and women between 18 and 65 years

• Increased level of stress (visual analog scale >40 mm (0-100))

Exclusion Criteria:

• Regular walking training in the last 6 weeks

• Medical therapy with psychopharmacological drugs

• Regular mindfulness based meditations/exercises in the last 6 weeks

• CAM therapies against stress in the last 6 weeks

• medium or severe chronic diseases

• Stress due to chronic diseases

• Acute disease at inclusion

• Not being able to walk

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Charité University Berlin	Berlin		Germany	10117

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Benno Brinkhaus, Prof. MD, Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01716832
• Other Study ID Numbers: Walking_Stress_Reduction
• First Posted: Oct 30, 2012
• Last Update Posted: Feb 22, 2018
• Last Verified: Feb 1, 2018

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 22, 2018