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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meditation | Experimental | Meditation for 30 min 10 days |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meditation | Behavioral | Students will meditate for 30 min every day for 10 days |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Meditation Practice | Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory | 10 days |
| Sleep quality (sleep duration, deep sleep, light sleep, REM) | Sleep quality as measure by the fitness watch | 10 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Physical activity and Heart Rate | Physical activity as measure by the the fitness watch | 10 days |
| Stress and Breathing Score | Stress levels as measure by the the fitness watch |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Emotional wellbeing | Mental Health Continuum - Short Form MHC-SF; Each of the 14 items on the MHC-SF can be scored between 0 and 5, which means that the total score on the scale can range from 0 to 70 points. Higher scores indicate a higher level of emotional wellbeing. | 10 days |
| Depression Anxiety and Stress |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Humaira Jamshed, PhD | Contact | +923343068708 | humaira.jamshed@sse.habib.edu.pk; humaira.jphd@gmail.com | |
| Jamshed Arslan, PhD | Contact | jamshed.arslan@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Humaira Jamshed, PhD | Integrated Sciences and Mathematics, Dhanani School of Science and Engineering, Habib University | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D019122 | Meditation |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D026441 | Mind-Body Therapies |
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026443 | Spiritual Therapies |
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| 10 days |
| Food intake and nutrient profile | Dietary pattern measured through an online app | 10 days |
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Score (DASS-21); The total score on the scale can range from 0 to 21 points. Higher scores indicate Severe depression while lower score indicates mild anxiety. |
| 10 days |
| Resilience and Resilience Coping | Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and Brief Resilience Coping Scale (BRCS); The possible score range on the BRS is from 1 (low resilience) to 5 (high resilience). The possible score range on the BRCS is from 4 (low resilience) to 20 (high resilience). | 10 days |
| Grit | Short grit scale (Grit-S). Scores can vary from 1 point (low grit) to maximally 5 points (high grit). | 10 days |
| Loneliness | UP LAS; The score can range from 25 (low) to 100 (high). | 10 days |
| Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation | GRAT-Short Form; higher scores are better | 10 days |
| Happiness | Oxford Happiness Questionnaire; higher score is more happiness. | 10 days |
| Empathy | Empathy Quotient, This score is on a range from 0 (low level of empathy) to 80 (high level of empathy) | 10 days |
| Internet Use | Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale - GPIUS | 10 days |
| Nomophobia Questionnaire | NMPQ | 10 days |
| Social Networking Addiction | SNAS | 10 days |
| D012064 |
| Relaxation Therapy |
| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |