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Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Health Sciences Students
Sponsor: National University of San Marcos, Peru
Summary
This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness-based intervention in reducing psychological distress among first-year health sciences students at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. The study will be a randomized controlled trial, comparing the effects of the intervention on psychological distress and mindfulness with standard treatment. Additionally, it will assess the acceptability of the virtual intervention, considering current limitations and the growing importance of digital tools.
Official title: Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Health Sciences Students At a Public University in Peru
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2024-11-23
Completion Date
2025-06
Last Updated
2025-01-15
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress
The brief mindfulness-based intervention is an eight-week training program designed for groups of 15 to 20 participants. The weekly sessions will last 90 minutes for the first session and 60 minutes for the following seven sessions. The program will be led by a certified mindfulness trainer, who is not part of the research team and will be solely responsible for training-related activities.
Psychoeducational brochure
Information on self-care and managing psychological distress will be provided. Once the study is completed and the data has been collected, participants in the control group will receive the intervention.
Locations (1)
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Lima, Lima Province, Peru