How Does Mindfulness Meditation Buffer the Negative Effects of Pain and Suffering in the COVID-19 World? (Healthy Sample)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Catastrophizing Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Interventions: Other: Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)

• Registration Number: NCT04602312
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Queensland

Brief Summary

Both mindfulness meditation and expectancy effects are known to reduce anxiety, stress and catastrophizing, but it is unknown whether and how expectancy effects contribute to the overall effect of mindfulness meditation on these outcomes, especially during significant global events such as the coronavirus pandemic. This study includes four interrelated aims that will probe these effects and interactions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-22
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-26
• Study Start: 2020-10-28
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-26
• Study Completion: 2021-09-26
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 744

Inclusion Criteria

• At least 18 years of age
• Able to read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

• Recurrent pain (two or more days in the last month)
• Chronic pain (pain most days in the last three months)
• Incomplete or invalid data (response time < 32 minutes, failing attention checks)
• Completing the 20-minute training module in < 18 minutes or > 90 minutes

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mindfulness meditation	Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)	"focussed attention" mindfulness meditation technique taught as means to reduce coronavirus-related catastrophizing.
Specific sham mindfulness meditation	Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)	a training session designed to specifically match the real mindfulness training while lacking the proposed active elements of mindfulness training. Delivered as a means to elicit expectancy-mediated (but not mindfulness-mediated) reductions in coronavirus-related catastrophizing.
General sham mindfulness meditation	Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)	a training session designed to generally match focussed-attention mindfulness meditation while maintaining greater distance from proposed mindfulness mechanisms. Delivered as a means to elicit expectancy-mediated (but not mindfulness-mediated) reductions in coronavirus-related catastrophizing.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Coronavirus-related catastrophizing	40 minutes	assessed via a covid-19-related catastrophizing scale (CCS; 0=no catastrophizing, 52=highest catastrophizing, 30+=clinically significant catastrophizing)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Health and Behavioural Sciences; 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia