Meditation and Youth Mental Health
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Meditation
- Registration Number
- NCT05474547
- Lead Sponsor
- Habib University
- Brief Summary
Youth is a crucial time of life when physical and mental well-being is critical. Students are vulnerable due to academic and pandemic stresses. Meditation research has been showing effects on improved parameters of mental health (sleep quality, attention, memory, and concentration), emotional wellbeing (reduced stress and anxiety), and physiological parameters (better metabolism, circulation, immunity, etc.), which influence the life and academic performance of students. This study is designed to examine the feasibility of conducting a meditation intervention among students of a small liberal arts university in Pakistan. Future larger and longer randomized controlled clinical trials on high-risk youth may be planned at a later stage to see the impact on academic performance and career progression.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 14
- Healthy students
- Students suffering from a serious illness
- Students already meditating regularly
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Meditation Meditation Meditation for 30 min 10 days
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality (sleep duration, deep sleep, light sleep, REM) 10 days Sleep quality as measure by the fitness watch
Meditation Practice 10 days Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity and Heart Rate 10 days Physical activity as measure by the the fitness watch
Food intake and nutrient profile 10 days Dietary pattern measured through an online app
Stress and Breathing Score 10 days Stress levels as measure by the the fitness watch