Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 to 80 years * Diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for at least 6 months with at least two consecutive nephrology visits within the past year * Receiving CKD care at Yale Medicine Nephrology or Yale New Haven Hospital * Able to use a smartphone (study team will provide one if needed) * Able to read and write English Exclusion Criteria: * Current meditation or mindfulness practice meeting or exceeding 70 minutes per week over the past month * New or unstable psychopharmaceutical treatment in the past 2 months (stable maintenance therapy with no dose or medication changes for 8 or more weeks is acceptable) * Current intensive psychiatric treatment, defined as psychiatric hospitalization in the past 6 months, intensive outpatient program, or inpatient rehabilitation * Current or planned pregnancy in the next 6 months * Average resting blood pressure exceeding 160/100 mmHg based on readings available in the medical record, with reconfirmation by additional readings prior to exclusion if only an isolated reading in this range is available