Feasibility of Online Based Mindfulness Interventions During COVID-19 Outbreak

NCT ID: NCT04346082

Last Updated: 2021-07-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-07-30

Brief Summary

The investigators had designed weekly mindfulness sessions (details see intervention below), which is free-of-charge and will be made available to general public who feel distressed during the outbreak of COVID-19. Face-to-face delivery of mindfulness interventions was not possible due to mandatory quarantine. The investigators hypothesize that this intervention is feasible and acceptable by the participants. As secondary outcomes, the investigators also hypothesize that the intervention can reduce stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms and enhance participants' sense of coherence

This will be a quasi-experimental study. Participants will be invited to fill in an online informed consent and questionnaire around 2 days before each mindfulness online session and another set of questionnaire immediately after each session (see outcome measures). Participants will be identified by their e-mail and therefore serial data could be obtained.

Conditions

Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

online mindfulness group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

online mindfulness group

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Each weekly mindfulness session will last 45 to 60 minutes and will be held on an online platform (e.g. Zoom) via a livestream video. It will consist of short mindfulness exercise(s) of 10-30 minutes, including mindful tasting, mindful stretching, mindful walking, and body scan followed by group discussion to share, explore and make sense of the meditative experience. The intervention will be held in Cantonese.

Interventions

online mindfulness group

Each weekly mindfulness session will last 45 to 60 minutes and will be held on an online platform (e.g. Zoom) via a livestream video. It will consist of short mindfulness exercise(s) of 10-30 minutes, including mindful tasting, mindful stretching, mindful walking, and body scan followed by group discussion to share, explore and make sense of the meditative experience. The intervention will be held in Cantonese.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• at least 18 years of old,
• able to speak and communicate in Cantonese
• can read Chinese or English (because they will be asked to fill in an online questionnaire).

Exclusion Criteria

• actively suicidal,
• currently abusing restricted psychoactive substances
• diagnosed to have an active psychotic disorder and self-reported active psychotic symptoms (including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and dementia).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lee Kam Pui

Clinical Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

School of public health and primary care

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Countries

Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

online-mind

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id