NCT05099224

Mindfulness Meditation for Nursing Students

Completed NA Last updated 29 October 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Mindfulness meditation in Stress Reaction in 108 participants. Completed in 15 January 2021.

Timeline

1 October 2020

Primary endpoint
15 January 2021

15 January 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Jordan University of Science and Technology
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	108
Start date	1 October 2020
Primary completion	15 January 2021
Estimated completion	15 January 2021
Sites	1 location across Jordan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Mindfulness meditation

Conditions studied

• Stress Reaction — all drugs for Stress Reaction →
• Nurse's Role — all drugs for Nurse's Role →

Sponsor

Jordan University of Science and Technology

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Stress Reaction or Nurse's Role. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Mindfulness meditation was used to reduce stress and its responses such as cortisol and C-reactive protein (CRP) among healthy and ill individuals in various cultures, but their effects have not yet been studied among Jordanian nursing students, experienced tremendous stress. Thus, the purpose of study was to examine the effects of three of such intervention on perceived stress (MM) on Trait mindfulness, perceived stress, cortisol, and CRP in Jordanian nursing students. The hypothesis was " mindfulness meditation will improve trait mindfulness, perceived stress, serum cortisol and serum CRP.

Using a Randomized controlled study conducted in a large university in Jordan, 108 nursing students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups equally. The experimental group participated in 5 30-minute weekly sessions of mindfulness meditation. Trait mindfulness, perceived stress, serum cortisol, and CRP were measured at baseline and end of intervention.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation on Trait Mindfulness, Perceived Stress, Cortisol, and C-Reactive Protein in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Alhawatmeh HN, Rababa M, Alfaqih M, Albataineh R, et al · · 2022 · cited 21× · PMID 35046747 · DOI 10.2147/amep.s348062