Virtual Reality-supported Mindfulness Practice in Relieving Stress in Postgraduate Students: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 45
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Eligibility rate
研究概览
简要总结
University students, especially graduate students, are constantly striving to achieve their goals, and their performance is constantly being evaluated, which creates a plethora of stressors, such as tests, a large amount of content to be learnt, lack of time, getting poor marks, and living up to their expectations. Mindfulness has been demonstrated to benefit one's emotions in a 'non-judgement' way. Evidence suggests that VR-based mindfulness practice may help individuals maintain present-moment awareness and block out distractions and may be more effective than conventional mindfulness approaches. The current pilot study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of VR-based mindfulness practices in graduate students.
详细描述
A three-arm, assessor-blinded pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) will be implemented. Participants will be randomly assigned to either mindfulness group, VR mindfulness group and control group. Participants will be randomised at a 1:1:1 ratio to the intervention groups or control group. Block randomization will be conducted by an independent research assistant using randomly varying block sizes of 4 and 6 to avoid selection bias. This study aims to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of the VR-based mindfulness practice in improving stress for graduate students.
Specific objectives are as follows:
- To investigate the feasibility and acceptability of the VR-based mindfulness practice in improving stress for graduate students
- To investigate the preliminary effects of VR-based mindfulness practice in improving stress for graduate students
- To understand the user experience of mindfulness practice in VR
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
The outcomes assessor who is independent of the research will be trained before formally conducting data collecting.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •aged 18 or over;
- •enrolled in graduate programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong;
- •experienced stress: the score of perceived stress scale more than 13;
- •able to speak and write in English
排除标准
- •diagnosed with psychiatric disorders;
- •currently taking psychotropic medication;
- •have history of photosensitive epilepsy or previous experience of severe simulator sickness;
- •receiving or have just completed other psychological interventions (e.g. stress management, mental health support, peer support, etc) within the last six months will be excluded; or
- •history of seizures and motion sickness.
结局指标
主要结局
Eligibility rate
时间窗: Baseline
The eligibility rate is defined as the percentage of participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria amongst the participants screened for the eligibility
Recruitment rate
时间窗: Baseline
The recruitment rate is defined as the percentage of participants who consented to participate in the study amongst the participants eligible for the study
Attrition rate
时间窗: Week 2
The attrition rate is defined as the percentage of participants who withdrew from the study before completion
Adherence rate
时间窗: Week 2
The adherence rate is defined as the frequency of the practice of mindfulness and session attendance
Change from baseline in the score of perceived stress assessed by The Perceived Stress Scale to immediately after the intervention
时间窗: Baseline and Week 2 (post-intervention)
A 10-item self-report instrument that measures the degree to which events are appraised as stressful and the frequency of perceived stressful situations. Students will be instructed to report the frequency of perceived stress over the past month from 0 (Never) to 4 (Very Often). Total scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40. Higher total scores indicate higher levels of perceived stress.
次要结局
- Change from baseline in the score of mindfulness assessed by The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire to immediately after the intervention(Baseline and Week 2 (post-intervention))
- Change from baseline in the level of mood states by The abbreviated Profile of Mood States to immediately after the intervention(Baseline and Week 2 (post-intervention))
研究者
Huiyuan LI
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chinese University of Hong Kong