Perceived StressNCT06925503
Mind-Body Conditioning Course for University Dance Students
A study testing Mind-Body Conditioning Course in people with Perceived Stress and Student Burnout, run by Ohio State University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is an eight-week evidenced based program designed specifically to help participants learn practical stress reduction, burnout and resiliency building techniques. Content includes didactic instruction, community-building group discussion, mindfulness practices, and gentle yoga. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Perceived Stress, Student Burnout, Resilience
- What is being tested?
- Mind-Body Conditioning Course
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 37 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 10 Sep 2025to 1 Jun 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18 years of age or older
- Ability to understand and read English
- Second year OSU Dance majors enrolled in Dance 2802 for Fall 2025 semester
- Third year OSU Dance majors who completed Dance 2802 during the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Access to personal smartphone, either iOS or Android, with sufficient memory to install the Mindfulness in Motion smartphone app, and WiFi (OSU eduroam while in class or on campus and LTE or personal WiFi off campus)
Who cannot join
- OSU student with a minor in Dance.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Effectiveness of a Mind-Body Conditioning Course for the Management of Physical and Emotional Stressors in University Dance Students
Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is an eight-week evidenced based program designed specifically to help participants learn practical stress reduction, burnout and resiliency building techniques. Content includes didactic instruction, community-building group discussion, mindfulness practices, and gentle yoga. Weekly themes include Willingness to Daily Practice, Mindful Sleep, Vision of Self, Supported by the Breath, Mindful Eating and Yoga, Movement Through Balance, Awareness of Sensation, Clarity and Release, and Staying Grounded and Moving Forward. An Ohio State University endorsed, ADA compliant companion smartphone app reinforces weekly content and offers a variety of individual mind-body and mediations practices.
The evidence-based MIM content has been tailored to meet the physical, mental, and emotional needs of student Dance majors at The Ohio State University and integrated into the Dance 2802 course content as Mind-Body Conditioning for second year students. Over the course of the second year student's fall semester, this study will evaluate the effectiveness of this integrated course content on students' perceived stress, burnout, resilience, musculoskeletal injury and discomfort, and weekly respiratory rates. After the semester long course is completed, the students will also assess how well the Mind-Body Conditioning course content was integrated into the required first year seminar for University Dance majors.
Read the detailed description
Physical injuries and mental health issues are common in collegiate dance students. Distinct from other college students and student athletes, collegiate dancers must manage required academic courses with regular rehearsals, technique classes, and evaluative performances. The need for adequate sleep, proper nutrition, and physical and mental recovery, often disregarded by dance students, can lead to increased physical injuries, as well as increased stress, burnout, and performance anxiety. While dance tradition is slowly shifting, a focus on perfection relative to body appearance and type, personality, and performance continues to be encouraged and emulated. This focus only serves to exacerbate mental health concerns such as eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, anxiety and depression, that are common in dancers.
Mindfulness-based approaches, including breath practices, progressive relaxation, yoga, and meditation, have shown promise in managing the stress and anxiety of college students including student athletes and those who major in performing arts. These interventions can be implemented as a group class, integrated into course content, or as individual, brief practices available or reinforced through a smartphone app. The Department of Dance at The Ohio State University currently offers Dance 5175/2175, Yoga Theory and Practice, through which students become familiar with the benefits of yoga through a rigorous asana (postures) and pranayama (breathwork) training. This new course, Body-Mind Conditioning for Dancers, will include studio work in mind-body practices, as well as education in the research surrounding the efficacy of mindfulness based interventions for conditioning dancers to their peak performance.
Through a collaboration between The Ohio State University Center for Integrative Health and The Ohio State University Department of Dance, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of integrating an evidence based, eight week mindfulness-based intervention into the OSU Dance 2802 curriculum on student perceived stress, burnout, resilience, physical pain and injury and assess the feasibility of integrating the mindfulness-based intervention into the Dance 2802, Introductory Dance Seminar for second year OSU Dance majors.
- Conditions
- Perceived Stress, Student Burnout, Resilience, Musculoskeletal Injury, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
- Being tested
- Mind-Body Conditioning Course
- Medical subject headings
- Burnout, Psychological, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Mind-Body Conditioning CourseBehavioural
Evidence-based mindfulness intervention curated to the physical and emotional needs of University Dance students
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Second Year Dance majors | Experimental | Second year Dance majors at The Ohio State University who are enrolled in the required Dance 2802 Seminar/Mind-Body Conditioning course Receives: Behavioral: Mind-Body Conditioning Course |
| Third Year Dance majors | No intervention | The Third Year Dance majors completed Dance 2802 the previous year and did not receive the Mind-Body Conditioning course |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Perceived Stress
Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). A 10-item self-report measure of perceived stress. It is a measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful over the past month. The 4-point Likert Scale includes responses of 0 (never), 1 (almost never), 2 (sometimes), 3 (fairly often), and 4 (very often). Individual scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress.
Measured: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention
Maslach Burnout Inventory-Students - MBI-GS (S)
The MBI-GS (S) is a self-report assessment of perceptions of burnout specific to University students. The 16-items describe students' feelings related to their experiences in the academic setting and encompasses how they view their studies and reactions to their academic work. Three sub scales measure exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy. The Likert Scale responses include 0 (never), 1 (a few times a year or less), 2 (once a month or less), 3 (a few times a month), 4 (once a week), 5 (a few times a week), and 6 (every day). The sub scale score for exhaustion can range from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating higher levels of exhaustion. The sub scale score for cynicism can range from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating higher levels of cynicism. The sub scale score for professional efficacy can range from 0 to 36 with higher scores indicating increased professional efficacy.
Measured: Baseline and on the completion of the 8-week intervention
Resilience
The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) is a 10 item self-report assessment of a person's ability to bounce back after adversity. A 5-point Likert Scale for each statement ranges from 0 (not true at all), 1 (rarely true), 2 (sometimes true), 3 (often true), 4 (true nearly all of the time). A respondent's total score can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher resilience.
Measured: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention
Respiratory Rate
A self-measured count of inhalations (respiratory rate) taken over a 30-second time period. The participant will place their right hand over their left chest and count inhalations for a 30-second time period before and after they participate in the Mind-Body Conditioning course at each 8-week session.
Measured: The 30-second count of inhalations will be completed by the participant before and after participating in each weekly Mind-Body Conditioning course session over eight weeks.
Modified Nordic Questionnaire
The Modified Nordic Questionnaire (mNMQ) is a 14-item scale measuring musculoskeletal discomfort and injury. Question 1 asks the participant to state if they have experienced pain, discomfort, burning, numbness, tingling or other trouble over the past 30 days in their neck, shoulder, elbow/forearm, wrist/hand, upper and lower back, and legs/feet. Questions 2 - 10 asks about the intensity and length of the the pain, discomfort, etc, in any of the body areas noted in Question 1, as well as if the issues have caused issues with normal activities, to see a health care provider, lost time from work/school. Question 11 requests information related to any musculoskeletal or traumatic injuries diagnosed by a health care provider. Questions 12 and 13 request information on headaches experienced by participants and question 14 asks about other health issues including arthritis, thyroid problems, diabetes, lupus, and other autoimmune disorders.
Measured: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention
Secondary outcomes (1)
Feasibility of Intervention Measure
The Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) is a 4-item self-report assessment to evaluate integration of the Mind-Body Conditioning Course into the Dance 2802 curriculum for the University Dance major. Each statement is scored with a 5-point Likert Scale that includes 1 (completely disagree), 2 (disagree), 3 (neither agree nor disagree), 4 (agree), and 5 (completely agree). Total scores range from 4-20 with higher total scores indicating higher feasibility.
Measured: Participants will complete after the completion of the 8-week intervention.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Apr 2025
- Study start10 Sep 2025
- Primary completion19 Dec 2025
- Study completion1 Jun 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Perceived StressStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Ohio State UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 37 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ohio State University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Beth Steinberg, Ohio State University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06925503
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2024B0224
- Status last verified
- Sep 2025
- First submitted
- 6 Apr 2025
- Last updated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: IPD that will be shared will include de-identified descriptive data for both the intervention and control groups, including gender, educational level, and mean age. Feasibility of integrating the intervention into the required course content by the intervention group will also be included. Differences in mean scores between intervention and control groups for perceived stress, burnout, resilience, and respiratory rates (pre- and post-intervention) will be shared. Descriptive data for any differences in the modified Nordic Questionnare pre- and post-intervention will be shared.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 Jun 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effectiveness of a Mind-Body Conditioning Course for the Management of Physical and Emotional Stressors in University Dance Students
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06925503
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2024B0224
- Conditions
- Perceived Stress, Student Burnout, Resilience, Musculoskeletal Injury, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 37 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ohio State UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 10 Sep 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 19 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Jun 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is an eight-week evidenced based program designed specifically to help participants learn practical stress reduction, burnout and resiliency building techniques. Content includes didactic instruction, community-building group discussion, mindfulness practices, and gentle yoga. Weekly themes include Willingness to Daily Practice, Mindful Sleep, Vision of Self, Supported by the Breath, Mindful Eating and Yoga, Movement Through Balance, Awareness of Sensation, Clarity and Release, and Staying Grounded and Moving Forward. An Ohio State University endorsed, ADA compliant companion smartphone app reinforces weekly content and offers a variety of individual mind-body and mediations practices.
The evidence-based MIM content has been tailored to meet the physical, mental, and emotional needs of student Dance majors at The Ohio State University and integrated into the Dance 2802 course content as Mind-Body Conditioning for second year students. Over the course of the second year student's fall semester, this study will evaluate the effectiveness of this integrated course content on students' perceived stress, burnout, resilience, musculoskeletal injury and discomfort, and weekly respiratory rates. After the semester long course is completed, the students will also assess how well the Mind-Body Conditioning course content was integrated into the required first year seminar for University Dance majors.
Detailed description
Physical injuries and mental health issues are common in collegiate dance students. Distinct from other college students and student athletes, collegiate dancers must manage required academic courses with regular rehearsals, technique classes, and evaluative performances. The need for adequate sleep, proper nutrition, and physical and mental recovery, often disregarded by dance students, can lead to increased physical injuries, as well as increased stress, burnout, and performance anxiety. While dance tradition is slowly shifting, a focus on perfection relative to body appearance and type, personality, and performance continues to be encouraged and emulated. This focus only serves to exacerbate mental health concerns such as eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, anxiety and depression, that are common in dancers.
Mindfulness-based approaches, including breath practices, progressive relaxation, yoga, and meditation, have shown promise in managing the stress and anxiety of college students including student athletes and those who major in performing arts. These interventions can be implemented as a group class, integrated into course content, or as individual, brief practices available or reinforced through a smartphone app. The Department of Dance at The Ohio State University currently offers Dance 5175/2175, Yoga Theory and Practice, through which students become familiar with the benefits of yoga through a rigorous asana (postures) and pranayama (breathwork) training. This new course, Body-Mind Conditioning for Dancers, will include studio work in mind-body practices, as well as education in the research surrounding the efficacy of mindfulness based interventions for conditioning dancers to their peak performance.
Through a collaboration between The Ohio State University Center for Integrative Health and The Ohio State University Department of Dance, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of integrating an evidence based, eight week mindfulness-based intervention into the OSU Dance 2802 curriculum on student perceived stress, burnout, resilience, physical pain and injury and assess the feasibility of integrating the mindfulness-based intervention into the Dance 2802, Introductory Dance Seminar for second year OSU Dance majors.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Second Year Dance majors | Experimental | Behavioral: Mind-Body Conditioning CourseSecond year Dance majors at The Ohio State University who are enrolled in the required Dance 2802 Seminar/Mind-Body Conditioning course |
| Third Year Dance majors | No intervention | –The Third Year Dance majors completed Dance 2802 the previous year and did not receive the Mind-Body Conditioning course |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 18 years of age or older
- Ability to understand and read English
- Second year OSU Dance majors enrolled in Dance 2802 for Fall 2025 semester
- Third year OSU Dance majors who completed Dance 2802 during the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Access to personal smartphone, either iOS or Android, with sufficient memory to install the Mindfulness in Motion smartphone app, and WiFi (OSU eduroam while in class or on campus and LTE or personal WiFi off campus)
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- OSU student with a minor in Dance.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Mind-Body Conditioning CourseEvidence-based mindfulness intervention curated to the physical and emotional needs of University Dance students | Behavioural | Second Year Dance majors |
Primary outcome
Perceived Stress
Time frame: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention
Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). A 10-item self-report measure of perceived stress. It is a measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful over the past month. The 4-point Likert Scale includes responses of 0 (never), 1 (almost never), 2 (sometimes), 3 (fairly often), and 4 (very often). Individual scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress.
Maslach Burnout Inventory-Students - MBI-GS (S)
Time frame: Baseline and on the completion of the 8-week intervention
The MBI-GS (S) is a self-report assessment of perceptions of burnout specific to University students. The 16-items describe students' feelings related to their experiences in the academic setting and encompasses how they view their studies and reactions to their academic work. Three sub scales measure exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy. The Likert Scale responses include 0 (never), 1 (a few times a year or less), 2 (once a month or less), 3 (a few times a month), 4 (once a week), 5 (a few times a week), and 6 (every day). The sub scale score for exhaustion can range from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating higher levels of exhaustion. The sub scale score for cynicism can range from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating higher levels of cynicism. The sub scale score for professional efficacy can range from 0 to 36 with higher scores indicating increased professional efficacy.
Resilience
Time frame: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention
The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) is a 10 item self-report assessment of a person's ability to bounce back after adversity. A 5-point Likert Scale for each statement ranges from 0 (not true at all), 1 (rarely true), 2 (sometimes true), 3 (often true), 4 (true nearly all of the time). A respondent's total score can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher resilience.
Respiratory Rate
Time frame: The 30-second count of inhalations will be completed by the participant before and after participating in each weekly Mind-Body Conditioning course session over eight weeks.
A self-measured count of inhalations (respiratory rate) taken over a 30-second time period. The participant will place their right hand over their left chest and count inhalations for a 30-second time period before and after they participate in the Mind-Body Conditioning course at each 8-week session.
Modified Nordic Questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention
The Modified Nordic Questionnaire (mNMQ) is a 14-item scale measuring musculoskeletal discomfort and injury. Question 1 asks the participant to state if they have experienced pain, discomfort, burning, numbness, tingling or other trouble over the past 30 days in their neck, shoulder, elbow/forearm, wrist/hand, upper and lower back, and legs/feet. Questions 2 - 10 asks about the intensity and length of the the pain, discomfort, etc, in any of the body areas noted in Question 1, as well as if the issues have caused issues with normal activities, to see a health care provider, lost time from work/school. Question 11 requests information related to any musculoskeletal or traumatic injuries diagnosed by a health care provider. Questions 12 and 13 request information on headaches experienced by participants and question 14 asks about other health issues including arthritis, thyroid problems, diabetes, lupus, and other autoimmune disorders.
1 secondary outcome
Feasibility of Intervention Measure
Time frame: Participants will complete after the completion of the 8-week intervention.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 Jun 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. IPD that will be shared will include de-identified descriptive data for both the intervention and control groups, including gender, educational level, and mean age. Feasibility of integrating the intervention into the required course content by the intervention group will also be included. Differences in mean scores between intervention and control groups for perceived stress, burnout, resilience, and respiratory rates (pre- and post-intervention) will be shared. Descriptive data for any differences in the modified Nordic Questionnare pre- and post-intervention will be shared.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Mind-Body Conditioning Course in people with Perceived Stress and Student Burnout, run by Ohio State University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Perceived Stress (time frame: Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Jun 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 29 Oct 2026.