Mindfulness, Compassion and Self-compassion

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mindfulness, Compassion and Self-compassion

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05046691
• Other study ID #: UHongKong (PandA)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• 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 explore 1) the relationship between mindfulness, common humanity, self-compassion, compassion, and well-being of school teachers; 2) whether mindfulness and common humanity are the antecedents of self-compassion and compassion; 3) the conditions under which compassion and self-compassion are highly correlated. Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete an online survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 328
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2022
• 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 (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The 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
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 Compassion	Compassion scale, 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Self-compassion	Self-compassion scale, 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary	Change in Common humanity	Common Humanity scale, 10 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