Clinical trials: Optimism
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in Danish Community Mental Health Centres
The aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Illness Management and Recovery program for people diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in according to their level of functioning.
- Trial name
- IMR (NCT01361698)
- Testing
- Illness Management and Recovery (IMR)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 198 people
- Sponsor
- Amager Hospital
Suicide, Attempted, Suicidal Ideation
Natural History of Hopelessness, Suicidality, and Optimism in Psychiatric Inpatients Following Discharge
Specific aim #1: To assess the study team's ability to recruit subjects in this cohort and to successfully complete follow-up assessments by phone or mail.
- Trial name
- NCT01599247
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Bariatric Surgery
Gaining Optimism After Weight Loss Surgery (GOALS) I
This study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of an adapted positive psychology-motivational interviewing (PP-MI) intervention for physical activity among patients who have recently undergone…
- Trial name
- GOALS (NCT04867902)
- Testing
- Positive Psychology-Motivational Interviewing Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Psychological Distress
Effectiveness of a Brief Gratitude Writing Intervention on State Optimism, State Gratitude, and Psychological Distress
The goal of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of brief writing interventions on state optimism, state gratitude and psychological distress among female university students.
- Trial name
- NCT07588451
- Testing
- Gratitude Writing Intervention, Expressive Writing, Neutral writing
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kinnaird College for Women
Childhood Obesity, Overweight (BMI > 25)
Weight Status, Resilience, and Quality of Life in Indian Children
A school-based cross-sectional study that aims to generate context-specific evidence on how weight status is related to resilience, health behaviour, and quality of life among Indian adolescents.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Overweight (BMI > 25), Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05648045
- Where
- 16 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
HIV
Advancing Dignity, Health, and Optimism in Connection With Long Acting Injectables
ADHOC-LA is an observational study of people living with HIV who either are taking, or have taken, a long-acting injectable therapy to manage their HIV.
- Trial name
- ADHOC-LA (NCT05208541)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mazonson & Santas Inc.
Depression, Anxiety
A Comprehensive Wellness Program (SKY) to Mitigate Physician Burnout
The primary objective of the study was to determine whether the yoga-based breathing and meditation program SKY could improve wellness indicators in currently practicing physicians.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Insomnia
- Trial name
- SKY (NCT05956470)
- Testing
- Meditation and breathing program : Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY), Stress management education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Dementia
AI4HOPE Pilot Study 2 Digital Dementia Care Planning
This pilot study will test a digital care planning decision support system for patients with dementia.
- Trial name
- AI4HOPE2 (NCT06292143)
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning Toolkit
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bonn
Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders
Mindfulness, Optimism, and Resilience for Perinatal Health and Equity Study
Dispositional optimism (the general assumption that more good things than bad will occur across various life domains) has been tied to improved somatic and mental health outcomes.
- Trial name
- MORPHE (NCT05840900)
- Testing
- Digital Mindfulness Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Nina Ayala
Cancer of Head and Neck
RCT of Effects of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Head and Neck Cancer
Head and neck cancer is a group of biologically similar cancers which cause deleterious impact, such as the complication of facial disfigurement which may increase the psychological vulnerability of patients due to the society's…
- Trial name
- NCT04800419
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
Trial of Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) Program for BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers
Breast cancer (BC) is a major health problem and the most prevalent cancer among women.In a substantial proportion of familial cases, germ-line mutations in either BRCA1/2 can be detected.
- Trial name
- NCT03162276
- Testing
- Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) program, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Psychological Stress
Effects of an Intervention to Enhance Resilience in Physical Therapy Students
Health professional students experience high levels of psychological stress. Individuals with higher levels of resilience are better equipped to handle stress.
- Trial name
- NCT02541240
- Testing
- Resilience Curriculum
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Indianapolis
Nursing Students
The Feasibility of Motivational Interviewing on Emotional Authenticity, Dispositional Optimism, And Academic Motivation Among Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Motivational interviewing, or MI, is a collaborative, person-centered counseling technique to uncover and enhance a person\'s motivation for behavior change .
- Trial name
- NCT06360172
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
General Population
Efficacy of Different Versions of the Best Possible Self Intervention
The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in general…
- Trial name
- NCT03024853
- Testing
- BPS PAST, BPS PRESENT, BPS FUTURE
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Autism Disorder
ASD Parent Trainer: Online Coaching for Parents of Children With Autism
The evaluation of the program efficacy will be conducted via a randomized control study with 136 parents of children aged 3-8 who have autism.
- Trial name
- APT (NCT02469870)
- Testing
- Autism Parent Trainer (APT), Teaching Routines (Control)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRIS Media Inc
Affect (Mental Function), Sleep
Fibre and Mental Wellbeing Feasibility Trial
This feasibility study will explore whether adding an extra 10 grams of fibre to participants' daily diet for two weeks would improve their mental health and wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Affect (Mental Function), Sleep, Anxiety, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06899607
- Testing
- Fibre arm
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Reading
Immigrants
A Positive Activity Intervention to Promote Wellbeing in Romanian Immigrants
This study aims to test the efficacy of an intervention focused on promoting positive emotions (Best Possible Self - BPS) to improve the psychological wellbeing of Romanian immigrants living in Spain.
- Trial name
- NCT02493439
- Testing
- Best Possible Self, Daily Activities
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Motivation, Optimism
The Effect of Motivational Messages on Optimism, Hopelessness and Life Satisfaction
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected global health systems and required healthcare professionals to show high performance. In this process, the mental health of intensive care nurses, who undertake the biggest burden in health…
- Conditions
- Motivation, Optimism, Hopelessness, Life Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT04751474
- Testing
- Motivational messages
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain
A Positive Psychology Intervention for Fibromyalgia Patients Using ICT´s
This study is aimed to test the efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention (Best Possible Self, BPS) over optimism, future expectancies and positive affect at mid-term, in comparison to a control group, in fibromyalgia…
- Trial name
- BPS_FM (NCT02375061)
- Testing
- e-BPS, Daily Activities
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Mental Stress
The Effect of Patient Optimism & Pessimism on Recovery From Elective Cardiac Surgery
Before a heart operation, patient outlook may be either pessimistic or optimistic. Previous research on this topic has focused on patient reported quality of life but has never examined measurable clinical outcomes such as length…
- Trial name
- NCT02955914
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 419 people
- Sponsor
- Dr Vikki Hughes