Calm Athlete: Feasibility of App-based Mindfulness Training on Collegiate Student-Athletes' Mental Wellbeing
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mindfulness
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Feasibility- Adherence
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a mobile app-based mindfulness training program in collegiate student-athletes. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Is a app-based mindfulness program feasible for use with collegiate student athletes?
- What, if any, benefits are seen in the mental wellbeing of collegiate student athletes following mindfulness training?
Participants will use the Calm app to complete semi-structured program of 21 mindfulness sessions over 6 weeks. Participants will complete each 8-15 minute sessions at a location and time of their choosing.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •18-30 years old
- •NCAA athlete academically eligible to practice and compete in sport, and physically cleared by university sports medicine staff for participation
- •Not a regular user of mindfulness meditation in the last 6 months (\<4 sessions/month)
- •Willingness to create an account on the Calm app and share usage data with researchers
- •Fluent in English
Exclusion Criteria
- •Regular mindfulness meditation practice (\>4 sessions/month)
- •Not currently an NCAA eligible athlete
- •Hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment for mental illness within the past 2 years
- •Not cleared by sports medicine staff to participate in sport due to injury at time of enrollment
- •Not willing to download the Calm app and/or create an account
- •Not willing to share app usage data with researchers
- •Not fluent in English
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Feasibility- Adherence
Time Frame: Measured at end of 6 week intervention
Proportion of prescribed sessions completed by enrolled participants
Feasibility- Participant Intervention Satisfaction
Time Frame: Measured at end of 6 week intervention
Self rating of satisfaction of the intervention measured with a 5 point Likert scale (1=very dissatisfied, 5=very satisfied.
Feasibility- Retention
Time Frame: Measured at end of 6 week intervention and at 4 week follow up
Proportion of enrolled participants that complete intervention and all assessments
Secondary Outcomes
- Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R)(Measured at baseline, at end of 6 week intervention and at 4 week follow-up)
- College Student Athlete Life Stress Scale (CSALSS)(Measured at baseline, at end of 6 week intervention and at 4 week follow-up)