Clinical trial · Interventional
Body Scan Meditations to Support Well-Being in Patients at Antwerp University Hospital.
Inward: A Study on the Improvements in Patients' Well-being Through the Use of Body Scan Meditations.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 26, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260926-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
INWARD is a pilot study designed to explore whether audio-guided body scan meditations can support well-being in adult patients receiving care in the haematology and oncology departments, including the day hospital, at Antwerp University Hospital (UZA). The intervention consists of three body scan recordings offered in addition to standard care. Patients can choose one recording per session and may repeat a recording or try another during the study period. There is one intervention group and no control group. The study protocol includes a questionnaire about patients' bodily and mental experiences and heart rate measurements before and after listening. Patients' feedback is also intended to inform the further development of the INWARD body awareness kit. The study forms part of a practice-based doctoral research project in the arts.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well-being | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| INWARD audio-guided body scan meditations | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- INWARD body scan meditations
- description
- Participants are offered three audio-guided body scan meditations in addition to standard care. They choose one complete recording per session and may repeat sessions or select another recording during the study period.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: INWARD audio-guided body scan meditations
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Patient-reported bodily and mental experience of body scan meditation
- timeFrame
- After each body scan session (approximately 11-22 minutes); pre-session feelings are recalled in the post-session questionnaire.
- description
- A study-specific electronic questionnaire records participants' bodily and mental experiences after listening to a body scan meditation. It includes seven mindfulness-related items with five ordered response categories, multiple-choice descriptions of perceived feelings before and after the session, an overall evaluation of the experience, and an opportunity to provide additional feedback. No composite scoring method is specified in the study protocol.
Secondary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older. * Receiving care in one of the participating haematology or oncology departments at Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), including the oncology-haematology day hospital: departments V02, V18 and VOH. * Providing informed consent to participate. Exclusion Criteria: -No additional diagnosis-specific or medical exclusion criteria are specified in the protocol.
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