Calm Athlete: Feasibility of App-based Mindfulness Training on Collegiate Student-Athletes' Mental Wellbeing

NCT06050681 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 24377
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a mobile app-based mindfulness training program in collegiate student-athletes. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is a app-based mindfulness program feasible for use with collegiate student athletes?
• What, if any, benefits are seen in the mental wellbeing of collegiate student athletes following mindfulness training? Participants will use the Calm app to complete semi-structured program of 21 mindfulness sessions over 6 weeks. Participants will complete each 8-15 minute sessions at a location and time of their choosing.

Conditions

Mindfulness; Mental Health Wellness

Keywords

Athlete

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Feasibility- Adherence

  Proportion of prescribed sessions completed by enrolled participants

  Measured at end of 6 week intervention

• Feasibility- Participant Intervention Satisfaction

  Self rating of satisfaction of the intervention measured with a 5 point Likert scale (1=very dissatisfied, 5=very satisfied.

  Measured at end of 6 week intervention

• Feasibility- Retention

  Proportion of enrolled participants that complete intervention and all assessments

  Measured at end of 6 week intervention and at 4 week follow up

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R)

  Measured at baseline, at end of 6 week intervention and at 4 week follow-up

• College Student Athlete Life Stress Scale (CSALSS)

  Measured at baseline, at end of 6 week intervention and at 4 week follow-up

Study Arms (1)

Mindfulness Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will engage with a mobile application to complete 21 sessions lasting approximately 11 minutes of mindfulness training over 6 weeks.

Behavioral: Mindfulness Training

Interventions

Mindfulness Training BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be asked to complete 21 mindfulness sessions within the Calm app on their own time and at a location of their choosing. They will be instructed to complete the '7 Days of Calm' program within the first two weeks of the intervention, the '7 Days of Managing Stress' program during weeks 3 \& 4 of the intervention, and the 'Letting Go of Anxiety' program during the final two weeks of the intervention. The sessions have a mean run time of 11.76 minutes. Each 7-day program will be completed within a 2-week period, which equates to about one session every other day, but can be completed at any interval within those 2 weeks. All 21 sessions will be completed within a 6-week period.

Mindfulness Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• years old
• NCAA athlete academically eligible to practice and compete in sport, and physically cleared by university sports medicine staff for participation
• Not a regular user of mindfulness meditation in the last 6 months (\<4 sessions/month)
• Willingness to create an account on the Calm app and share usage data with researchers
• Fluent in English

You may not qualify if:

• Regular mindfulness meditation practice (\>4 sessions/month)
• Not currently an NCAA eligible athlete
• Hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment for mental illness within the past 2 years
• Not cleared by sports medicine staff to participate in sport due to injury at time of enrollment
• Not willing to download the Calm app and/or create an account
• Not willing to share app usage data with researchers
• Not fluent in English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Single group intervention feasibility

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2023
• First Posted: September 22, 2023
• Study Start: August 23, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 29, 2024
• Study Completion: January 29, 2024
• Last Updated: February 20, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)