Mindfulness and Lifestyle Interventions for Depression and Anxiety: A Pilot Study

Arizona State University30 enrolled

Overview

This is a quasi-experimental evaluation of psychoeducational course focusing on mindfulness and lifestyle changes for depression and anxiety; clients in active treatment group are compared to those in a treatment-as-usual wait-list control group. The primary hypothesis is that the psychoeducational course will result in lower levels of depression and anxiety as compared to the wait-listed treatment-as-usual comparison group.

This study evaluates a psychoeducational intervention: Teaching mindfulness and lifestyle interventions to adult clients who self-report problems with depression and/or anxiety. The course is eight weeks long. Clients are assigned to either (1) receive the course (COU condition) from October- December 2010 or (2) placed on a waiting list and receive treatment-as-usual (TAU condition). Those in the TAU group will be offered the course in January 2011. Random assignment to COU or TAU conditions will be attempted although this may be relaxed due to institutional constraints. Participants are assessed on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) at the beginning of the course, on the last day of the course, at 1-month post-course, at 4-months post-course, and at 12-months post-course. Participants in the COU condition will be compared to those in TAU condition at the beginning of the course, on the last day of the course, and at 1-month post-course. Further evaluations (4 and 12 months post-course) will be pre-post evaluations without a comparison group.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Depression Anxiety Major Depression

Interventions

Psychoeducational courseBEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational course on mindfulness and lifestyle interventions for depression and anxiety

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Participants self-report as having depression or anxiety * Adults (age 18 or above) * Clients willing to participate in an 8-week psychoeducational course Exclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of a psychotic disorder * Unwilling to participate in 8-week psychoeducational course

Locations (1)

Utah Youth Village

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Depression will be assessed by comparing BDI scores on day one with BDI scores at twelve weeks (four weeks after conclusion of the psychoeducational course). The primary study hypothesis is that the psychoeducational course group will have a greater reduction in BDI scores when compared to the treatment-as-usual wait-listed comparison group.

Time frame: BDI administered at 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Time frame: BAI administered at 8 weeks

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Time frame: BAI administered at 12 weeks

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Time frame: BAI administered at 24 weeks

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Time frame: BAI administered at 60 weeks

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Time frame: BDI administered at 8 weeks

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Time frame: BDI administered at 24 weeks

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Time frame: BDI administered at 60 weeks

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Time frame: BAI administered at Day 1 of Study

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Time frame: BDI administered at Day 1 of Study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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