Culturally Tailored Mindfulness-Positive Psychological Intervention Using Virtual Reality

NCT ID: NCT06019416

Last Updated: 2023-08-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

31 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-31

Study Completion Date

2023-05-19

Brief Summary

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This study is to explore the experience of older Korean adults with anti-Asian racism in the U.S. and investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a virtual reality-based culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention. Primary outcome is racism-related stress and secondary outcomes are negative mental health (e.g., anxiety, depressive symptoms, and anxiety) and positive psychological well-being (e.g., positive affect, optimism, life engagement, mindful attention awareness).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Issue

Keywords

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Virtual reality Mindfulness Well-being Anti-Asian Racism Positive psychological intervention

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Intervention group will receive the virtual reality-based culturally tailored mindfulness and positive psychological intervention, whereas the control group will not receive any intervention as a waitlist group.
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Intervention group

As the intervention group, the participants should participate in three weekly scheduled mindfulness-positive psychological intervention sessions using virtual reality for 15 - 20 minutes per session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This 3-week culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention instructs techniques to enhance positive emotions and meditation exercise lasting approximately 30 minutes. The culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention consists of four modules: 1) noticing positive events, 2) amplifying positive events, 3) gratitude, and 4) mindfulness and meditation. This 3-dimensional software includes gamification features, including a virtual living room, Japanese garden, art gallery, and meditation garden.

A private office and/or space was utilized to implement the culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention for older Korean Americans/immigrants, provided by the recruitment sites such as non-profit organization and church. The private room at the sites had a desktop (or laptop) computer, a virtual reality device (Oculus Quest 2), a chair, and a desk.

Waitlist group

As the waitlist group, no treatment was given to the participants, while the intervention group participated in the mindfulness-positive psychological intervention for three weeks. After the three-week waiting period, the participants were contacted and asked to complete the post-measurements. After completion, the participants started with the three-week mindfulness-positive psychological intervention using virtual reality for 15 - 20 minutes. No further data was obtained from these participants after the completion of the program.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention

This 3-week culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention instructs techniques to enhance positive emotions and meditation exercise lasting approximately 30 minutes. The culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention consists of four modules: 1) noticing positive events, 2) amplifying positive events, 3) gratitude, and 4) mindfulness and meditation. This 3-dimensional software includes gamification features, including a virtual living room, Japanese garden, art gallery, and meditation garden.

A private office and/or space was utilized to implement the culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention for older Korean Americans/immigrants, provided by the recruitment sites such as non-profit organization and church. The private room at the sites had a desktop (or laptop) computer, a virtual reality device (Oculus Quest 2), a chair, and a desk.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* U.S. Korean Americans/immigrants
* ≥ 60 years of age
* Korean fluency
* no medical history of cognitive impairments (e.g., dementia or Alzheimer-related diseases)
* self-reported direct experience of discrimination as per the Everyday Discrimination Scale

Exclusion Criteria

* severe cognitive impairment denoting dementia
* other ethnicities rather than Korean Americans/immigrants
* younger than 60 years of age
* cannot speak and read Korean
* have not experienced any discrimination
* serious sensory problems negating the use of virtual reality
* medical history of epilepsy, seizures, or vertigo
* experience in mindfulness or meditation-based programs
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Soonhyung Kwon, MSW, MA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work

Locations

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Xilin Association

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Hanul Family Alliance

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Christ Community Church at the Square

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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23430

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id