Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04518631
• Other study ID #: UHongKong(PandA)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to investigate 1) the effects of mindfulness training on teachers' well-being (i.e. general health, positive affect, life satisfaction, stress, negative affect), and 2) the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of mindfulness (i.e. emotional care strategies including anchoring, decentering, and acceptance). Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations/ .begin course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 299
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18 years old or above

• Working in local schools or education institutions

• Willing to participate in mindfulness training voluntarily

Exclusion Criteria:

• Experiencing severe or unstable mental health condition currently

• Completed 8-week mindfulness training previously

• Unwilling to go by random assignment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Issue

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 8-week mindfulness program
The .b Foundations course is an 8-week mindfulness program developed by Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) for school teachers and personnel. It includes a taster session and 8 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 1.5 hours with a specific theme (e.g. Lesson 1 waking up from autopilot). Formal and informal mindfulness practices (e.g. mindful eating, body scan, mindful walking, habit releaser etc.), psychoeducation, cognitive exercises, inquiry, and home practice are involved.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong	Chinese University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in General Health	General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Primary	Change in Stress	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Primary	Change in Anchoring	5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Primary	Change in Decentering	Non Reactivity Subscale of Chinese Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Primary	Change in Acceptance	Acceptance subscale of Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 3 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Life satisfaction	Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, 5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Positive affect	Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Negative affect	Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Reappraisal	Reappraisal subscale of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Suppression	Suppression subscale of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Distraction	5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Mindfulness	Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention