An exploratory study using mindfulness meditation apps to buffer workplace technostress and information overload

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Houli ◽  
Marie Radford
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Information Overload

scholarly journals The Effects of a Mindfulness Meditation Program on Quality of Life in Cancer Outpatients: An Exploratory Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Yun Chang ◽  
Li-Yu Wang ◽  
Chia-Yu Liu ◽  
Tsai-Ju Chien ◽  
I-Ju Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Asian Population ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Significant Difference

Objective. Numerous studies have investigated the efficacy of mindfulness meditation (MM) in managing quality of life (QoL) in cancer populations, yet only a few have studied the Asian population. The aim of this exploratory study is to evaluate the effect of a MM program on the QoL outcomes in Taiwanese cancer outpatients. Methods. Patients with various cancer diagnoses were enrolled and assigned to the MM group and usual care (UC) group. The meditation intervention consisted of 3 sessions held monthly. The outcomes of the whole intervention were measured using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument. Results. A total of 35 participants in the MM group and 34 in the UC group completed the study. The results showed that the postintervention scores were significantly higher than the preintervention scores in the MM group. In the UC group, there was no significant difference between preintervention and postintervention scores, except for the lower environment domain scores. There was no significant difference between the follow-up scores and postintervention scores in the MM group, indicating that improvement can be maintained for 3 months after completing the MM course. Conclusions. The present study provides preliminary outcomes of the effects on the QoL in Taiwanese cancer patients. The results suggest that MM may serve as an effective mind–body intervention for cancer patients to improve their QoL, and the benefits can persist over a 3-month follow-up period. This occurred in a diverse cancer population with various cancer diagnoses, strengthening the possibility of general use.

Teaching Mindfulness Meditation to Adults with Severe Speech and Physical Impairments: An Exploratory Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. A64-A64
Author(s):  
Elena Goodrich ◽  
Helane Wahbeh ◽  
Aimee Mooney ◽  
Meghan Miller ◽  
Barry Oken
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Physical Impairments

scholarly journals Patient accrual and understanding of informed consent in a two-stage consent design

2021 ◽  
pp. 174077452098850
Author(s):  
Andrew J Vickers ◽  
Emily A Vertosick ◽  
Sigrid V Carlsson ◽  
Behfar Ehdaie ◽  
Scott Y H Kim
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Randomized Trials ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Patient Anxiety ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Patient Understanding ◽  
Mindfulness Intervention

Background: We previously introduced the concept of “two-stage” (or “just-in-time”) informed consent for randomized trials with usual care control. We argued that conducting consent in two stages—splitting information about research procedures from information about the experimental intervention—would reduce the decisional anxiety, confusion, and information overload commonly associated with informed consent. We implemented two-stage consent in a low-stakes randomized trial of a mindfulness meditation intervention for procedural distress in patients undergoing prostate biopsy. Here, we report accrual rates and patient understanding of the consent process. Methods: Patients approached for consent for the biopsy trial were asked to complete the standard “Quality of Informed Consent” questionnaire to assess their knowledge and understanding of the trial. Results: Accrual was excellent with 108 of 110 (98%) patients approached for consent signing first-stage consent. All 51 patients randomized to the experimental arm and who later presented for biopsy signed second-stage consent and received the mindfulness intervention. Quality of Informed Consent data were available for 48 patients assigned to the mindfulness treatment arm and 44 controls. The mean Quality of Informed Consent score was similar in the meditation and control arms with and overall mean of 75 (95% confidence interval = 74–76) for the knowledge section and 86 (95% confidence interval = 81–90) for understanding, comparable to the normative scores of 80 and 88. On further analysis and patient interview, two of the Quality of Informed Consent questions were found to be misleading in the context of a two-stage consent study for a mindfulness intervention. Excluding these questions increased knowledge scores to 88 (95% confidence interval = 87–90). Conclusion: We found promising data that two-stage consent facilitated accrual without compromising patient understanding of randomized trials or compliance with allocated treatment. Further research is needed incorporating randomized comparison of two-stage consent to standard consent approaches, measuring patient anxiety and distress as an outcome, using suitable modifications to the Quality of Informed Consent questionnaire and trials with higher stakes.

scholarly journals Teaching mindfulness meditation to adults with severe speech and physical impairments: An exploratory study

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 708-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Goodrich ◽  
Helané Wahbeh ◽  
Aimee Mooney ◽  
Meghan Miller ◽  
Barry S. Oken
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Physical Impairments

Classifying Disfluencies in Preschool- and School-Age Spanish–English Bilinguals Who Do Not Stutter: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Raúl Rojas ◽  
Farzan Irani
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Narrative Production ◽  
Language Measures ◽  
Mean Length Of Utterance

Purpose This exploratory study examined the language skills and the type and frequency of disfluencies in the spoken narrative production of Spanish–English bilingual children who do not stutter. Method A cross-sectional sample of 29 bilingual students (16 boys and 13 girls) enrolled in grades prekindergarten through Grade 4 produced a total of 58 narrative retell language samples in English and Spanish. Key outcome measures in each language included the percentage of normal (%ND) and stuttering-like (%SLD) disfluencies, percentage of words in mazes (%MzWds), number of total words, number of different words, and mean length of utterance in words. Results Cross-linguistic, pairwise comparisons revealed significant differences with medium effect sizes for %ND and %MzWds (both lower for English) as well as for number of different words (lower for Spanish). On average, the total percentage of mazed words was higher than 10% in both languages, a pattern driven primarily by %ND; %SLDs were below 1% in both languages. Multiple linear regression models for %ND and %SLD in each language indicated that %MzWds was the primary predictor across languages beyond other language measures and demographic variables. Conclusions The findings extend the evidence base with regard to the frequency and type of disfluencies that can be expected in bilingual children who do not stutter in grades prekindergarten to Grade 4. The data indicate that %MzWds and %ND can similarly index the normal disfluencies of bilingual children during narrative production. The potential clinical implications of the findings from this study are discussed.

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