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Chinese Poem Writing for Improving Mental Wellbeing

NCT06581952 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-03-12

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Summary

This research proposal aims to explore the impact of poem writing on the well-being of adult volunteers serving patients recovering from mental illness in Hong Kong. The research design was a single-arm intervention study with 30 participants. The intervention consists of two sessions of poem writing, each lasting for 3 hours, led by experienced Chinese teachers or drama directors. The themes of the poems will focus on accomplishment, joy, and gratitude. The primary outcomes are mental well-being and happiness, measured using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and a single-item happiness scale. Feasibility outcomes include recruitment rate, retention rate, and acceptability of the interventions. Secondary outcomes include depressive symptoms, anxiety, interest in poem writing, perceived benefits after the activity, and the number of successfully written poems. The proposal also includes plans for in-depth interviews with participants to gather qualitative data. The results will be analyzed descriptively and narratively, with no efficacy statistical tests due to the nature of this feasibility study. The proposal highlights the potential of poem writing as a therapeutic tool for volunteers serving patients recovering from mental illness, enhancing their overall well-being.

Conditions

  • Well-Being, Psychological
  • Happiness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Poem writing

The poem themes will focus on accomplishment moments, joyful moments, and gratitude. Participants will be motivated to write at least one poem in each session. The instructor will lead the participants to improve the poem after the participants complete the first draft. The participants will be encouraged to perform in reading their completed poem, sharing their feelings and expressing the meaning of the poems during the session. In the second session, participants will be invited to do a poem reading performance using one of their newly written poems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bestreben Drama Association Limited

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hong Kong Metropolitan University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-13
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-03-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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