The Impact of Heartfulness Self-Care Program on Anxiety, Satisfaction With Life, and Loneliness Levels in Students and Staff in High Schools.

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Completed

• Conditions: Loneliness; Anxiety; Satisfaction With Life
• Interventions: Behavioral: Self-Care Program through Heartfulness

• Registration Number: NCT05874232
• Lead Sponsor: Heartfulness Institute

Brief Summary

This quantitative study assesses the baseline anxiety, satisfaction with life, and loneliness scores in students and staff in a global study. Assessments at baseline will include the GAD, SWLS, and UCLA loneliness scale, and the same questionnaires were collected in Week 4 and Week 8. The Google form questionnaire will ask the high schoolers and staff for their email address and their parent's email address (if they are under 18). The form will also include a question eliciting interest in participation in the 4-weeks Heartfulness program. The program will include tools that promote a heart-based nurturing environment focusing on relaxation, positivity, and developing growth mindsets.

Detailed Description

The specific aim of this study is to assess changes in scores measuring symptoms of anxiety using GAD-7 (and GAD-Child), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS and SWLS-C), and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-03
• Study Completion: 2022-07-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-04
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 203

Inclusion Criteria

• High School Students (grades 9-12) and Staff, aged 14 and above, and willing to participate in the study.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Non-English speaking high school students and staff and those with mental health diagnoses such as Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety disorders.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Heartfulness Group	Self-Care Program through Heartfulness	Participants were asked to practice relaxation tools for 15 minutes a day using the calendar and HeartBot app, and participate in once a weekly webinar for 30 minutes during the four weeks. The GAD, SWLS, and UCLA Loneliness scale was recorded prior to the start of the study, at the end of the program at Week 4, and after the duration of 4 weeks at Week 8. The score was reviewed to see the changes in anxiety, satisfaction with life, and loneliness scale.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assess the current level of Satisfaction with Life	Week 0	To assess the current level of satisfaction with life in high school students and staff through SWLS Scale.
Assess the current level of Loneliness	Week 0	To assess the current level of loneliness in high school students and staff through UCLA loneliness scale.
Assess the current level of Anxiety	Week 0	To assess the current level of anxiety in high school students and staff through GAD Scale.
Changes level of Anxiety	Week 4 and Week 8	To assess the beneficial impact of Heartfulness program on anxiety in high school students and staff.
Changes in Loneliness levels	Week 4 and Week 8	To assess the beneficial impact of Heartfulness program on loneliness in high school students and staff.
Changes level of Satisfaction with Life	Week 4 and Week 8	To assess the beneficial impact of Heartfulness program on satisfaction with life in high school students and staff.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ranjani B Iyer; 🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States