A tailored mindfulness-based intervention for people in mental health recovery: an exploratory study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Facilitation of personal recovery among people with mental illness; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13689468
• Lead Sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2021-01-31
• Study Start: 2022-07-19
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 18 years or above
2. Permanent Hong Kong residents
3. Diagnosed with mental illness with standardised diagnostic criteria, such as the Classification of Diseases (11th ed.; ICD-11; World Health Organization, 2018) or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), for any length of illness
4. Capable of providing informed consent to participate in the trial; (v) able to understand Chinese languages to engage in the intervention or to complete written assessment in Chinese; and
5. A service user from the community-based mental health service

Exclusion Criteria

1. Established diagnosis of learning disability or major cognitive impairment arising from any underlying medical condition resulting in significant functional impairment
2. Primary diagnosis of substance abuse, as substance use may increase and/or trigger symptoms of mental illnesses, and hence it has different trajectories from other mental illnesses
3. Mental state that precludes the possibility of engaging in the intervention (e.g. significant thought disorder)
4. Engagement in concurrent mindfulness intervention
5. Do not provide informed consent
6. Refused to be randomised

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified