NCT05216445

Mindfulness for Stress and Well-being in University Students

Completed NA Last updated 11 May 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Mindfulness Training in Stress in 157 participants. Completed in 30 April 2022.

Timeline

1 February 2022

Primary endpoint
30 April 2022

30 April 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	157
Start date	1 February 2022
Primary completion	30 April 2022
Estimated completion	30 April 2022
Sites	1 location across Pakistan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Mindfulness Training

Conditions studied

• Stress — all drugs for Stress →
• Well-being — all drugs for Well-being →

Sponsor

National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Stress or Well-being. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

In developing countries such as Pakistan, the challenges university students face are many-fold and there is a need for an intervention that helps build students' connection with themselves, utilizing their internal resources to deal with stresses. Mindfulness-based interventions have shown effectiveness with university students in high-income countries. The current study will be testing an adaptation for students of Pakistan of an intervention (Finding Peace in a Frantic World) which is based on principles from both Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy(MBCT) and Mindfulness-based stress reduction(MBSR). The purpose of this pilot trial is to assess the feasibility and acceptability (primary outcomes) of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an adapted Mindfulness-based intervention with a wait-list control group for university students in Pakistan to reduce stress and enhance psychological well-being (N=50), which will inform the development of a future large-scale RCT. Keeping in view the COVID-19 lockdown and economic conditions in low-and-middle-income countries (LAMICs), an online program with a remote facilitator is deemed to be more cost-effective, approachable, practical, and de-stigmatizing for students.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stress Reduction and Psychological Wellbeing of University Students in Pakistan: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Sarfraz A, Siddiqui S, Galante J, Sikander S. · · 2023 · cited 4× · PMID 37107796 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph20085512