Ultra-brief Online Mindfulness-based Intervention During COVID-19 Movement Control Order

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health Wellness; Psychological Distress; Psychological Security
• Interventions: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Ultra Brief Online Mindfulness-based Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04536441
• Lead Sponsor: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Brief Summary

The federal government of Malaysia implemented a nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) to control the COVID-19 outbreak. The MCO, however, has been found to have a negative impact on people's mental wellbeing. Interventions that can improve mental health under restricted movement condition is urgently. The present study investigated the impact of a brief, online mindfulness-based intervention on mental health using two-arm randomized controlled trial design. A total of 161 participants self-reported their feeling, anxiety, psychological insecurity, and well-being at baseline (T1) and post-test (T2), while 61 of them answered the same set of measures and the fear of COVID-19 scale in a follow-up study two weeks later (T3).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-30
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-26
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-09-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-02
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 161

Inclusion Criteria

• People residing in Malaysia during the Movement Control Order.

Exclusion Criteria

• People who are unable to read or write in either Malay, English or Mandarin languages.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Control	This arm requires participants to answer questions about themselves.
Treatment	Ultra Brief Online Mindfulness-based Intervention	Ultra Brief Online Mindfulness-based Intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes of Subjective Unit of Distress	It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up.	This is being measured with the Subject Unit of Distress Scale.
Changes of Anxiety Scores	It was being It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up.	This is being measured with the GAD-7 questionnaire.
Changes of Psychological Insecurity	It was being It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up.	This is being measured with the Psychological Insecurity Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes of General Well-being	It was being It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up.	This is being measured with the WHO-5 Well-being Index questionnaire.
Fear of COVID-19	It was being measured at 2-week follow up.	This is being measured with the Fear of COVID-19 Scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman; 🇲🇾 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia