Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT04518631

Collaborator

Chinese University of Hong Kong (Other)

299

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

33.3

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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 investigate 1) the effects of mindfulness training on teachers' well-being (i.e. general health, positive affect, life satisfaction, stress, negative affect), and 2) the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of mindfulness (i.e. emotional care strategies including anchoring, decentering, and acceptance). Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations/ .begin course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Mental Health Issue	Behavioral: 8-week mindfulness program	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

299 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care

Actual Study Start Date :

Jul 1, 2020

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Mar 31, 2021

Actual Study Completion Date :

Mar 31, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: 8-week mindfulness program 8-week .b Foundations course	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.
No Intervention: Wait-list control Participants in wait-list control group will receive the same intervention, two months after their counterparts in experimental group completed the intervention.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: 8-week mindfulness program

8-week .b Foundations course

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.

No Intervention: Wait-list control

Participants in wait-list control group will receive the same intervention, two months after their counterparts in experimental group completed the intervention.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in General Health [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Stress [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Anchoring [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Decentering [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Non Reactivity Subscale of Chinese Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Acceptance [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Acceptance subscale of Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 3 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Change in Life satisfaction [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, 5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Positive affect [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Negative affect [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Reappraisal [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Reappraisal subscale of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Suppression [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Suppression subscale of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Distraction [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Mindfulness [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong		Hong Kong

Sponsors and Collaborators

The University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Professor Lam Shui-fong, Director of Jockey Club Peace and Awareness Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, The University of Hong Kong

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04518631

Other Study ID Numbers:

UHongKong(PandA)

First Posted:

Aug 19, 2020

Last Update Posted:

Sep 8, 2021

Last Verified:

Sep 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Undecided

Plan to Share IPD:

Undecided

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Professor Lam Shui-fong, Director of Jockey Club Peace and Awareness Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, The University of Hong Kong

mindfulness

teacher mental health

emotional care

mindfulness-based intervention for teachers

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 8, 2021