Journal of Depression and Anxiety
Open Access

College of Health Solutions, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Biography

Jennifer Huberty, Ph.D., is an Associate professor at Arizona State University in the College of Health Solutions, Exercise and Wellness program and is an Associate Professor, Research Scholar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Arizona, College of Medicine. She is also Adjunct professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Scottsdale, AZ and Mays Cancer Center/MD Anderson in San Antonio Texas. 

Publications

• Research   
  Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App Improves Depression and Anxiety in Adults with Sleep Disturbance: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  Author(s): Jennifer Huberty*, Megan E. Puzia, Jeni Green, Robert D. Vlisides-Henry, Linda Larkey, Michael R. Irwin and Ana-Maria Vranceanu
  
  Background: The purpose of the study was to present secondary data analyses of an 8-week randomized controlled trial to: 1) Determine the effects of a meditation app on depression and anxiety in adults with sleep disturbance and 2) Explore the potential mediating effect of fatigue and daytime sleepiness on the relationship between use of the app and depression and anxiety. Methods: Depression, anxiety, fatigue, and daytime sleepiness were assessed at baseline, mid-, and post-intervention in the intervention and waitlist control group. Repeated-measures ANCOVAs assessed intervention effects on depression and anxiety. Mediation models, using the PROCESS macro, were estimated using 5000 bootstrap samples. Per-protocol and intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses were conducted. Results: Intervention group participants (N=239) h.. View More»
  

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