Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Urban Youth
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00661271 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 18, 2008
Results First Posted : June 28, 2018
Last Update Posted : June 28, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Stress, Psychological | Behavioral: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) Behavioral: Healthy topics | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 96 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Urban Youth |
Study Start Date : | September 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2012 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program with one retreat session
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Behavioral: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
8 weekly sessions with instruction designed to enhance mindfulness--mindful meditation, mindful yoga, and discussion of mindfulness practice, with one retreat session.
Other Name: MBSR |
Active Comparator: Healthy Topics
8-week health education program with one retreat session - based on a health curriculum developed by McGraw/Hill
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Behavioral: Healthy topics
8 week health education program with one retreat session |
- Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS) [ Time Frame: assessed at Baseline, 3 months follow-up, 4-6 months follow-up; scores at 4-6 month follow-up reported ]
- Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS) - measures mindfulness with total score range of 1 - 6, where higher scores indicate greater mindfulness
- Children's Response Style Questionnaire(CRSQ) - measures coping mechanisms along three subscales: rumination (range: 0-3), distraction (range: 0-3) and problem-solving (range: 0-3), where higher scores on any of the subscales indicates more frequent use of that type of coping mechanism
- Aggression scale - uses total score to measure aggression with a range of 0-6, where higher scores indicated more aggressive behavior
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: assessed at Baseline, 3 months follow-up, 4-6 months follow-up; scores at 4-6 month follow-up reported ]Life satisfaction was measured with the HIV Quality of Life (QOL) measure, which included three subscales: life satisfaction (range: 1-5), illness burden (range: 1-5) and illness anxiety (range: 1-5). For life satisfaction, higher scores indicated higher satisfaction, and for the other two subscales greater scores indicated more issues with illness burden and illness anxiety.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 14 Years to 22 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 14-22 year old youth who receive primary care at the Harriet Lane Clinic or Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant developmental, behavioral, substance abuse, or psychiatric disorders

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00661271
United States, Maryland | |
Johns Hopkins, Harriet Lane Clinic | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Adolescent Initiative & Special Immunology Clinic | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104 |
Principal Investigator: | Erica M Sibinga, MD, MHS | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Johns Hopkins University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00661271 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NA_00002064 R21AT005209 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | April 18, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 28, 2018 |
Last Update Posted: | June 28, 2018 |
Last Verified: | May 2018 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
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