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Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial
BACKGROUND: Chronic stress affects many Americans. Stress management programs may be prohibitively expensive or have limited access. PURPOSE: This study aims to determine feasibility of an 8-week Internet-based stress management program (ISM) based on mindfulness principles in reducing stress in a 1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23632913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9490-x |
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author | Morledge, Thomas J. Allexandre, Didier Fox, Emily Fu, Alex Z. Higashi, Mitchell K. Kruzikas, Denise T. Pham, Sissi V. Reese, Pat Ray |
author_facet | Morledge, Thomas J. Allexandre, Didier Fox, Emily Fu, Alex Z. Higashi, Mitchell K. Kruzikas, Denise T. Pham, Sissi V. Reese, Pat Ray |
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description | BACKGROUND: Chronic stress affects many Americans. Stress management programs may be prohibitively expensive or have limited access. PURPOSE: This study aims to determine feasibility of an 8-week Internet-based stress management program (ISM) based on mindfulness principles in reducing stress in a 12-week, parallel, randomized, controlled trial. METHODS: Participants were randomly allocated to ISM, ISM plus online message board (ISM+), or control groups. Perceived stress, mindfulness, self-transcendence, psychological well-being, vitality, and quality of life were measured at baseline, week 8, and week 12 using standard validated questionnaires. RESULTS: ISM and ISM+ groups demonstrated statistically significant improvements compared with control on all measures except vitality and physical health. CONCLUSIONS: The ISM program effectively and sustainably reduced measures of stress. The magnitude of improvement is comparable to traditional mindfulness programs, although fewer participants were engaged. This feasibility study provides strong support for online stress management programs, which increase access at a fraction of cost of traditional programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-37751582013-09-17 Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial Morledge, Thomas J. Allexandre, Didier Fox, Emily Fu, Alex Z. Higashi, Mitchell K. Kruzikas, Denise T. Pham, Sissi V. Reese, Pat Ray Ann Behav Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Chronic stress affects many Americans. Stress management programs may be prohibitively expensive or have limited access. PURPOSE: This study aims to determine feasibility of an 8-week Internet-based stress management program (ISM) based on mindfulness principles in reducing stress in a 12-week, parallel, randomized, controlled trial. METHODS: Participants were randomly allocated to ISM, ISM plus online message board (ISM+), or control groups. Perceived stress, mindfulness, self-transcendence, psychological well-being, vitality, and quality of life were measured at baseline, week 8, and week 12 using standard validated questionnaires. RESULTS: ISM and ISM+ groups demonstrated statistically significant improvements compared with control on all measures except vitality and physical health. CONCLUSIONS: The ISM program effectively and sustainably reduced measures of stress. The magnitude of improvement is comparable to traditional mindfulness programs, although fewer participants were engaged. This feasibility study provides strong support for online stress management programs, which increase access at a fraction of cost of traditional programs. Springer US 2013-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3775158/ /pubmed/23632913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9490-x Text en © The Author(s) 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Morledge, Thomas J. Allexandre, Didier Fox, Emily Fu, Alex Z. Higashi, Mitchell K. Kruzikas, Denise T. Pham, Sissi V. Reese, Pat Ray Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial |
title | Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial |
title_full | Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial |
title_fullStr | Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial |
title_short | Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management—A Randomized, Controlled Trial |
title_sort | feasibility of an online mindfulness program for stress management—a randomized, controlled trial |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23632913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9490-x |
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