Meditation to Reduce Firefighter Distress
Reducing Psychological Distress in Fire Fighters With an Asynchronous App- Based Meditation Intervention
University of Arizona
192 participants
Dec 3, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The more than one million firefighters in the United States provide critical emergency medical services in communities they serve and are on the front lines of healthcare delivery, including in the post-pandemic world. As a result of exposure to occupational stressors, a high proportion of firefighters experience considerable stress-related burden including psychological distress (i.e., increased features of anxiety and depression). To address this need, this project will test the efficacy of a 10-day meditation intervention (i.e., 10 individual prerecorded audio units delivered by smartphone app) among career firefighters to decrease psychological distress (i.e., anxiety and depression).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Exclusionary factors: 1) diagnosis of an illness requiring use of corticosteroids (e.g., asthma), and 2) have ongoing or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e. more than two meditation session \[completed or attempted\] per year either with a group or individually), as determined by the PI.
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Interventions
prerecorded meditation units delivered by smartphone app
prerecorded health education units delivered by smartphone app
Locations(1)
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NCT06518616