Time, Touch, Attention and the Autonomic Nervous System
The Impact of Interpersonal Mindful Compassion on Autonomic Nervous System Function
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interventional
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to describe the onset, duration and dose-response of interpersonal mindful compassion on respiratory rate and heart rate variability in healthy adults in order to prepare for research evaluating the impact of this intervention in patient populations and to prepare for basic research investigating the CNS mechanisms for observed effects. Previous research has found that mindfulness meditation, including mindful compassion, results in autonomic changes in the practitioner. Emerging neuroscience of dyadic interactions suggests that through the effects of mirror neuron isopraxis, one person's physiologic state may be mirrored by another. However, no research has directly evaluated the impact of one person's mindful compassion on another person's autonomic activity. This study paves the way for an entirely new avenue of research inquiry.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2011
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 30, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 5, 2011
CompletedAugust 15, 2018
August 1, 2018
4 months
August 30, 2011
August 13, 2018
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Change in Heart Rate Variability from pre-intervention period to intervention period
continuous monitoring for 10 min before intervention and during 10 or 20 minute intervention
Change in Respiratory Rate from pre-intervention period to intervention period
continuous monitoring for 10 minutes before intervention and during 10 or 20 minute intervention
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Perceived Stress, Relaxation, Peacefulness
baseline, after a 10 minute rest period, before 10 or 20 minute intervention, immediately after intervention, 20 minutes after intervention
Study Arms (4)
10 minutes reading
EXPERIMENTAL20 minutes touch
EXPERIMENTAL20 minutes reading
EXPERIMENTAL10 minutes touch
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
A practitioner lightly touches the participant on the hands, arms, shoulders, lower legs and feet while extending loving kindness to the participant.
The practitioner sits in a room with the participant, pretending to read, while extending loving kindness to the participant.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Healthy subjects age 18 - 40
You may not qualify if:
- Taking beta blocker medication
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (1)
Kemper KJ, Shaltout HA. Non-verbal communication of compassion: measuring psychophysiologic effects. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2011 Dec 20;11:132. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-132.
PMID: 22185349DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Kathi J Kemper, MD
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 30, 2011
First Posted
September 5, 2011
Study Start
February 1, 2011
Primary Completion
June 1, 2011
Study Completion
June 1, 2011
Last Updated
August 15, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-08