Bringing the Practice of Mindfulness Into Nature - Preventing Mental Fatigue in Healthcare Professionals.

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• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT02867657
• Date of registration: 10/08/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: VIA University College
• Public title: Bringing the Practice of Mindfulness Into Nature - Preventing Mental Fatigue in Healthcare Professionals.
• Scientific title: Enhancement of Presence, Compassion and Resilience Bringing the Practice of Mindfulness Into Nature - Preventing Mental Fatigue in Healthcare Professionals.
• Date of first enrolment: June 2016
• Target sample size: 72
• Recruitment status: Unknown status
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02867657
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Denmark

Contacts

• Name: Jesper Dahlgaard, PhD

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Bachelor student at a Danish University or University College

- A score of 16 or above on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Smoking

- Psychiatric diagnosis (depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, PTSD, personality
disorder, psychosis).

- Untreated ADHD, autism, abuse and risk of suicide



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Stress, Psychological

Inflammation

Stress, Physiological

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Mindfulness

Primary Outcome(s)

Self-compassion [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Perceived Stress Scale [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Secondary Outcome(s)

IL-6 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Blood pressure [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Connectedness to Nature Scale [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-13 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-1ß protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Breath Counting [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

RIPK2 gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Heart Rate Variability [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IFN-? protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-4 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-8 gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-12p70 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-6 gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

TNF-a gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

TNF-a protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

cRP expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-10 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

NF-kB gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

TERC gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

CCL5 gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

GR gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-1 gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-2 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

IL-8 protein expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

TERT gene expression [Time Frame: At the end of five days retreat]

Secondary ID(s)

H-15010925

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

University of Aarhus

University of Copenhagen