Clinical trial NCT06019416: Culturally Tailored Mindfulness-Positive Psychological Intervention Using Virtual Reality
Official title: Discrimination and Mental Health of Older Korean Adults in the U.S.: Feasibility and Pilot Trial of a Culturally Tailored Mindfulness-Positive Psychological Intervention Using Virtual Reality
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Keywords: Virtual reality
Mindfulness
Well-being
Anti-Asian Racism
Positive psychological intervention
Lead sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-31
Enrollment: 31
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Intervention group will receive the virtual reality-based culturally tailored mindfulness and positive psychological intervention, whereas the control group will not receive any intervention as a waitlist group.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This study is to explore the experience of older Korean adults with anti-Asian racism in the U.S. and investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a virtual reality-based culturally tailored mindfulness-positive psychological intervention. Primary outcome is racism-related stress and secondary outcomes are negative mental health (e.g., anxiety, depressive symptoms, and anxiety) and positive psychological well-being (e.g., positive affect, optimism, life engagement, mindful attention awareness).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* U.S. Korean Americans/immigrants
* ≥ 60 years of age
* Korean fluency
* no medical history of cognitive impairments (e.g., dementia or Alzheimer-related diseases)
* self-reported direct experience of discrimination as per the Everyday Discrimination Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

* severe cognitive impairment denoting dementia
* other ethnicities rather than Korean Americans/immigrants
* younger than 60 years of age
* cannot speak and read Korean
* have not experienced any discrimination
* serious sensory problems negating the use of virtual reality
* medical history of epilepsy, seizures, or vertigo
* experience in mindfulness or meditation-based programs

Primary outcomes:
measure: Racism-related stress
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Perceived stress
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
measure: Optimism
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
measure: Positive affect
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
measure: Life engagement
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
measure: Mindful attention awareness
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
measure: Everyday discrimination
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline)
measure: Virtual reality safety
timeFrame: After every sessions (1 week later, 2 weeks later, 3 weeks later)
measure: Technology acceptance
timeFrame: After every sessions (1 week later, 2 weeks later, 3 weeks later)
measure: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Bank v1.0 - Anxiety
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
measure: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Bank v1.0 - Depression
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline) and posttest (3 weeks later)
Other outcomes:
measure: Demographic variables
timeFrame: Pretest (baseline)
measure: Intervention feasibility
timeFrame: posttest (3 weeks later)
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Xilin Association
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Hanul Family Alliance
state: Illinois
city: Urbana
country: United States
facility: Christ Community Church at the Square
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work
name: Soonhyung Kwon, MSW, MA
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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