Phase 1 will follow 40 subjects and hopes to address whether or not IMMI can increase meditation practice as compared to another meditation program. The study will last six weeks for both the IMMI group (20 subjects) and the Access group (20 subjects). Access groups will receive learning materials and guided meditations, but the implementation will be self-paced. Participants in the IMMI group will receive weekly learning sessions and be required to practice meditation every day. IMMI group participants will also receive a weekly reminder call from a member of the study staff and have access to technical support in the event of trouble with the online program. All subjects will complete online self-report questionnaires that measure quality of life, self-efficacy, mood, sleep, mindfulness, and perceived stress at baseline and at the end of the six-week intervention. Subjects will also be given a questionnaire at the end of the study gauging their satisfaction with the mindfulness program they participated in. Phase 2 will follow 80 subjects and hopes to address whether or not IMMI is acceptable to participants and demographic information about IMMI users. The study will be the same as noted above, but all subjects will be entered in the IMMI program. Differences in recruitment rates, drop out, and patient satisfaction between the IMMI and Access groups will be analyzed. IMMI's ability to change meditation behavior (i.e. increasing time or frequency of meditation sessions), and improve quality of life will be examined as well.
Participants will undergo the following: Week 0 - Telephone screening; Week 1 - Baseline Assessment; Week 2-Week 7 - Internet Mindfulness Meditation Intervention (or Access in Phase 1); Week 8 - Endpoint Assessment
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
52
Enrollment rate
Number of participants who are eligible and enroll in the study
Time frame: Week 0 - Screening
Participant satisfaction
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Time frame: Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Number of internet mindfulness meditation training sessions completed
There are a total of 6 internet training sessions, and participants are instructed to complete one per week (where Week 0 is screening, Week 1 is Baseline Assessment, Week 2 is Training 1, Week 3 is Training 2, Week 4 is Training 3, Week 5 is Training 4, Week 6 is Training 5, and Week 7 is Training 6) . At the time of the endpoint assessment (Week 8), the number of completed training sessions is tabulated.
Time frame: Week 8 - Endpoint Assessment (after intervention is complete)
Completion Rate
Number of participants who complete the endpoint assessment.
Time frame: Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Quality of Life SF-36
Measured with Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) self-report measure
Time frame: Week 1 - Baseline assessment & Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Self-efficacy
Measured with General Perceived Self Efficacy (GPSE) self-report questionnaire
Time frame: Week 1 - Baseline assessment & Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Mood
Measured with Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD) self-report questionnaire
Time frame: Week 1 - Baseline assessment & Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Sleep
Measured with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) self-report questionnaire
Time frame: Week 1 - Baseline assessment & Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Mindfulness
Measured with Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
Time frame: Week 1 - Baseline assessment & Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
Perceived Stress
Measured with perceived stress scale (PSS)
Time frame: Week 1 - Baseline assessment & Week 8 - Endpoint assessment
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