Feasibility of Online Based Mindfulness Interventions During COVID-19 Outbreak

NCT04346082 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: online-mind
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• rate of recruitment

  the rate of recruitment to recruit participants

  from recruitment to end of study, up to 1 year

• rate of attendence

  the number of attendance to the mindfulness online group

  from recruitment to end of study, up to 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)

  on recruitment, after each online mindfulness sessions (weekly) until end of study, up to 1 year

• Sense of Coherence Scale

  on recruitment, after each online mindfulness sessions (weekly) until end of study, up to 1 year

Study Arms (1)

online mindfulness group

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: online mindfulness group

Interventions

online mindfulness group 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.

online mindfulness group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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).

You may not qualify if:

• 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).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

School of public health and primary care

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Assistant Professor

Model Details: participants receiving online mindfulness session(s)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2020
• First Posted: April 15, 2020
• Study Start: August 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2021
• Study Completion: July 30, 2021
• Last Updated: July 27, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Locations

HK (1)