Meditation to Reduce Firefighter Distress

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).

NCT Number	NCT06518616
Lead Sponsor	University of Arizona
Conditions	Psychological Distress
Enrollment	192 participants
Start Date	2024-12-03
Primary Completion	2026-08-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-02-28 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-11-12