Clinical trial · Interventional
Identifying Therapeutic Factors in an 8-Week (30 Hour) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Since it's introduction in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has become a respected adjunct to conventional treatment for patients suffering from many diverse chronic ailments. Three decades of research have documented it's benefits, but few papers have focused on identifying which particular aspect of MBSR directly correlates with it's degree of therapeutic efficacy. This study will use 7 well validated questionnaires to compare participants responses prior to, and following completion of an eight-week MBSR program at the North York General Hospital, as well as follow-up results at 1 month and 1 year post completion of the MBSR group.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Diabetes | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Hypertension | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction strategies | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction group
- description
- All eligible participants attend a 3-hour weekly session, for 8 consecutive weeks, to learn meditation and simple Hatha Yoga techniques, and incorporate them into their daily lives.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction strategies
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- PSS-10
- timeFrame
- baseline, 8 weeks and follow-ups at 1 month and 1 year
- description
- Patients' Stress Scores on the PSS-10 are used to assess self-reported perceptions of stress at baseline, at 8 weeks when the intervention ends, and again at one month and one year follow-up (to see if any change is sustained).
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * over 18 years old * suffer from a chronic health problem * referred by their physician Exclusion Criteria: * acute illness (physical or psychiatric) * suicidal * problem use of alcohol or other substances * inability to do one hour of daily homework * inability to attend all 8 sessions
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