Tracking Mood and Language Change Across a Phone-based Mindfulness Intervention

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Depression, Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: mindfulness training; Behavioral: active listening

• Registration Number: NCT04861844
• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to administer a brief, phone(voice)-based training program in mindfulness (or control task of active listening to narrated articles) to older adults who receive primary care services at NM. Older adults represent a population that is at risk for depression and anxiety, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic and the social isolation it entails. Many older adults also possess relatively low access to application-based mindfulness training opportunities. The monitoring aims are:

1. To determine whether the experimental intervention (mindfulness training) performs better than a control task (active listening) in improving mood assessed using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and/or anxiety assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

2. To determine whether the experimental and/or control intervention is associated with quantified changes in language use (e.g., frequency of negative word use), which may or may not also be associated with changes in mood and anxiety.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-08
• Study Start: 2021-04-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-22
• Study Completion: 2023-03-22
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients part of the Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics Practice, or Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine ECMH program.
2. English-speaking; and
3. Able to verbally consent

Exclusion Criteria

patients with dementia or otherwise not meeting inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mindfulness training	mindfulness training	-
Active listening	active listening	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in anxiety assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).	1 month	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is psychological inventory consisting of 40 questions rated on a 4-point Likert scale. Higher score correlates with higher levels of anxiety.
Change in mood assessed using the Profile of Mood States (POMS)	1 month	The Profile of Mood States (POMS) is a widely used instrument that measures mood using a 65-item questionnaire with each item rated using a response scale of five categories ranging from "not at all" to "very strong". Higher score indicates worse mood.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States