Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification in Healthy Individuals

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mantra Meditation + Body-Oriented Yoga; Mantra Meditation; Mantra Meditation + Ethical Living; Mantra Meditation + Body-Oriented Yoga + Ethical Living
• Interventions: Behavioral: Yoga Exercises; Behavioral: Ethical Living; Behavioral: Mantra Meditation

• Registration Number: NCT04252976
• Lead Sponsor: Diakonie Kliniken Zschadraß

Brief Summary

MBLM is a holistic therapy for people with mental disorders whose positive effects on patients with depression have already been demonstrated in clinical use and a pilot study. In the present study, the differential effects of MBLM domains (ethical living, healthy lifestyle, and mantra meditation) on healthy volunteers will be investigated.

Detailed Description

MBLM expands existing concepts of mind-body medicine with ethical and spiritual concepts from the traditional Patanjali yoga system, which can act as a coping factor on the one hand, and higher motivation and deepening of practice (physical yoga exercises / mantra Meditation). MBLM aims to establish an exercise routine in the daily lives of the participants, which leads to salutogenesis. The promotion of mental health through meditation and yoga has been well documented (Büssing et al., 2012, Sedlmeier, Ebert, \& Schwarz, 2012), also in clinical populations (Ospina et al., 2007). The preventive potential of the MBLM program will be examined for healthy volunteers, analogous to the already well-researched and widely used Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-28
• Primary Completion: 2019-09-30
• Study Completion: 2019-09-30
• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-01-31
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-05
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 57

Inclusion Criteria

• signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychiatric disorder
2. Current participation in another meditation or yoga study
3. Regular existing meditation or yoga practice (more than once a week in the last 6 months)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises	Mantra Meditation	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation	Mantra Meditation	8 weeks of mantra meditation with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises	Yoga Exercises	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation plus Ethical Practice	Ethical Living	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation plus Ethical Practice	Mantra Meditation	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus Ethical Practice	Ethical Living	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus Ethical Practice	Yoga Exercises	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.
Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus Ethical Practice	Mantra Meditation	8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of Body Awareness	Change from baseline body awareness at 8 Weeks	Body Awareness Questionnaire
Course satisfaction	After 8 weeks of intervention	Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Change of Well-Being	Change from baseline Well-Being at 8 Weeks	WHO (Five) Well-Being Index (WHO-5)
Change of Emotion regulation	Change from baseline Emotion Regulation at 8 Weeks	Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Change of Perceived Stress	Change from baseline Stress at 8 Weeks	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Adverse Events	After 8 weeks of intervention	70 possible adverse events or extraordinary experiences associated with meditation or yoga practice.
Change of Mind-Wandering	Change from baseline Mind-Wandering at 8 Weeks	Mind Wandering Questionnaire
Change of Attention	Change from baseline Attention at 8 Weeks	Sustained Attention to Response Task
Life Satisfaction	Change from baseline life satisfaction at 8 Weeks	Satisfaction with Life Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Diakoniekliniken Zschadraß; 🇩🇪 Colditz, Sachsen, Germany