Impacts of the Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App Calm on Undergraduate Students' Sleep and Emotional State: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Undergraduate students frequently experience negative emotional states and sleep quality, which is believed to have worsened following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

This study piloted the use of a popular mobile mindfulness app (Calm) as a potential intervention to improve state depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep quality in undergraduate students attending a Canadian university, following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Undergraduate students were randomly assigned to a control or treatment group and completed a series of 3 questionnaires to evaluate baseline state emotional health (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 42-Item Version [DASS-42], Perceived Stress Scale 10-Item Version [PSS-10], and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index). Treatment group participan

SUBMITTER: Lew T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12175875 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature