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NCT Number: NCT06555172

Feasibility Testing a Meditation App for Professionals Working With Youth in the Legal System

This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers in the juvenile legal system and other professionals working directly with legal-involved youth.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Professional Burnout, Psychological Depression Emotion Regulation Emotional Regulation Mental Disorders Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Self-Control Social Behavior Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

About this study

Professionals working with legal-involved youth experience high levels of depression, anxiety, and workplace burnout. Mindfulness meditation targets emotion regulation-which appears to be a common mechanism underlying depression, anxiety, and burnout-and it can be effectively delivered via smartphone app. This project will assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers and other professionals working with legal-involved youth. The findings are intended to inform the development of a future, fully-powered hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Currently working with youth in the juvenile legal system or related juvenile services and programming
  • English speaking
  • Able to understand and provide consent
  • At least 18 years old
  • Have an Android or Apple smartphone

Treatment and study plan

Action In Mindfulness (AIM)+

Behavioral

AIM+ is a smartphone-based app that teaches mindfulness meditation to professionals working with legal-involved youth over a 30-day "path." Each day of the path consists of a brief (approximately 5- to 10-minute) audio-guided meditation practice, with brief videos interspersed to illustrate key concepts and promote engagement. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they can use as relevant to their workday (e.g., for professionals to listen to before attending a meeting). AIM+ also includes a menu of audio-guided meditation practices that officers can share with the youth on their caseloads (e.g., for youth to listen to before attending court).

Resource+

Behavioral

Resource+ is a 30-day smartphone-based program that includes information on local and national resources that professionals can use to learn about organizations and services available to youth with whom they work.

Primary outcomes

  1. App adherence (binary)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Percentage of participants who play at least one file on their study app after app setup at baseline

  2. App adherence (continuous)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Average number of daily app files played over the 1-month intervention period

Secondary outcomes

  1. Enrollment

    Time frame: Baseline

    Number of participants enrolled

  2. Randomization

    Time frame: Baseline

    Percentage of participants randomized to each arm

  3. Retention

    Time frame: 1 month, 6 months

    Percentage of participants who attend (yes/no) each follow-up visit

  4. Percentage of Participants Who Complete Remote Questionnaire Batteries

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months

    Percentage of participants who complete the entire health questionnaire battery at each assessment time point. This outcome captures the feasibility of remotely administering an in-depth battery probing sensitive behavioral health domains (e.g., mental health symptoms and substance use). Outcome values are binary (yes/no to completion of full battery).

  5. Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Four-item scale assessing perceived acceptability of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and averaged to produce a total score ranging from 1 to 5; with higher scores indicating greater acceptability.

  6. Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Four-item scale assessing perceived appropriateness of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and averaged to produce a total score ranging from 1 to 5; with higher scores indicating greater appropriateness.

  7. Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Four-item scale assessing perceived feasibility of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and averaged to produce a total score ranging from 1 to 5; with higher scores indicating greater feasibility.

  8. System Usability Scale (SUS)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Ten-item scale assessing perceived usability of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and scored to produce a total score ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater usability.

  9. Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)

    Time frame: 1 month

    Eight-item scale assessing participant satisfaction with the intervention. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale and summed to produce a total score ranging from 8 to 32, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.

  10. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) completion

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month

    Percentage of EMA reports made out of total EMA prompts sent at each week long EMA burst (i.e., measures of current positive and negative affect [International Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF)] and current attentional control).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Feasibility Trial of a Mindfulness-based mHealth Intervention to Mitigate the Effects of Chronic Workplace Stress Among Juvenile Justice Officers

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Aug 15, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 5, 2026

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