Feasibility and Acceptability of Online Based Mindfulness Interventions to Relieve Distress During COVID-19 Outbreak in a Chinese Population: a Proof-of-concept Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stress
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- rate of recruitment
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators had designed weekly mindfulness sessions (details see intervention below), which is free-of-charge and will be made available to general public who feel distressed during the outbreak of COVID-19. Face-to-face delivery of mindfulness interventions was not possible due to mandatory quarantine. The investigators hypothesize that this intervention is feasible and acceptable by the participants. As secondary outcomes, the investigators also hypothesize that the intervention can reduce stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms and enhance participants' sense of coherence
This will be a quasi-experimental study. Participants will be invited to fill in an online informed consent and questionnaire around 2 days before each mindfulness online session and another set of questionnaire immediately after each session (see outcome measures). Participants will be identified by their e-mail and therefore serial data could be obtained.
Investigators
Lee Kam Pui
Clinical Assistant Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •at least 18 years of old,
- •able to speak and communicate in Cantonese
- •can read Chinese or English (because they will be asked to fill in an online questionnaire).
Exclusion Criteria
- •actively suicidal,
- •currently abusing restricted psychoactive substances
- •diagnosed to have an active psychotic disorder and self-reported active psychotic symptoms (including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and dementia).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
rate of recruitment
Time Frame: from recruitment to end of study, up to 1 year
the rate of recruitment to recruit participants
rate of attendence
Time Frame: from recruitment to end of study, up to 1 year
the number of attendance to the mindfulness online group
Secondary Outcomes
- Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)(on recruitment, after each online mindfulness sessions (weekly) until end of study, up to 1 year)
- Sense of Coherence Scale(on recruitment, after each online mindfulness sessions (weekly) until end of study, up to 1 year)