Status:

COMPLETED

Psychophysiological Effects of Controlled Respiration and Mindfulness

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Conditions:

Stress, Physiological

Stress, Emotional

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators aim to understand the effectiveness of 3 types of breathwork exercises and a mindfulness meditation control on improving psychological and physiological measures of wellbeing. The in...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Examine psychological and physiological effects of breathwork in general in comparison to mindfulness meditation. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Examine the effectiveness of specif...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥ 18
  • Not pregnant
  • Able to follow basic instruction for prescreen and scheduling
  • Compliant with investigator instructions during the consent process and participation in the study

Exclusion

  • Age \<18
  • Pregnant
  • Non-English speaking
  • Anyone with personality disorders or psychosis such as schizoaffective disorder
  • Demonstrates evidence of severe psychiatric disorder in prescreen or email contact (as judged by Dr. Spiegel)
  • Glaucoma
  • History of seizures
  • Suicidal
  • Heart disease (based on PI's clinical judgement, dependent on the severity of the symptoms)
  • Current untreated psychosis, or bipolar disorder, or substance/alcohol abuse/dependence (based on PI's clinical judgement, dependent on the severity of the symptoms)
  • Any Medical condition that could be exasperated by study participation (based on PI's clinical judgement)
  • Non USA mailing address to receive the WHOOP strap
  • Vision or hearing impairment severe enough to interfere with study participation,

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 2 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 17 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

108 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05304000

Start Date

June 2 2020

End Date

September 17 2020

Last Update

May 6 2022

Active Locations (2)

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Neurobiology and Ophthalmology

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

2

Dept. of Psychiatry, Stanford University

Stanford, California, United States, 94305