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The study is the first pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) to explore the feasibility and efficacy of Mindfulness-based psychoeducation in emotion regulation and related depressive and anxiety symptoms in people with schizophrenia.


Clinical Trial Description

There is increasing evidence to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychoeducation programme (MBPP) for Chinese people with schizophrenia. A single-blind, multi-site, pragmatic randomised controlled trial conducted in Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan with 300 participants consistently demonstrated significant improvement in regard to insight of illness, functioning, mental state and the length of re-hospitalisations when compared with conventional psychoeducation and Treatment As Usual (TAU) groups (Chien, 2017).

The study hypothesises that:

1. Participants receiving MBPP will decrease their use of rumination and expressive suppression, and increase the use of cognitive reappraisal compared to a control group after completion of the intervention.

2. Participants receiving MBPP attain a reduction in depressive/anxiety symptoms compared to a control group after completion of the intervention.

3. These effects are expected to be maintained through 3-month follow up with regular self-practice. ;


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NCT number NCT03632278
Study type Interventional
Source The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Contact Ho Yan Lam
Phone 852 3917 6975
Email angielam@hku.hk
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 3, 2018
Completion date December 31, 2019

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