A fully remote randomized controlled trial of an ultra-brief digital meditation intervention reduces internalizing symptoms
Cameron C. Glick, Saad Pirzada, Shaun K.l. Quah, Sasha Feldman, Iyọbosa Enabulele, Soren Madsen, Neel Billimoria, Summer Feldman, Richa Bhatia, David Spiegel, Manish Saggar
medRxiv Preprint Server April 19, 2026 preprint DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.19.26351219 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Randomized controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Population | Individuals with subclinical mental health symptoms |
| Intervention | Meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | An ultra-brief digital meditation intervention reduced internalizing symptoms in a fully remote RCT. |
Abstract
Background Scalable, low-burden behavioral interventions are needed to address rising subclinical mental health symptoms. However, few randomized controlled trials have evaluated ultra-brief, remotely delivered, meditation using multimodal outcome assessment under real-world conditions.