Clinical trial NCT06595849: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of a Four-Week Feeling Tone Mindfulness Course
Official title: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of a Four-Week Feeling Tone Mindfulness Course
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mindfulness
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Wellbeing
Self-compassion
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is an academic research study aiming to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a four-week feeling tone mindfulness course on equanimity, mindfulness, self-compassion, and mental health outcomes.

Detailed description: The four-week feeling tone mindfulness course is an adapted version of a mindfulness intervention program recently developed by Professor Mark Williams and colleagues. This study aims to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a four-week feeling tone mindfulness course on equanimity, mindfulness, self-compassion, and mental health outcomes (e.g., depression, anxiety, stress, wellbeing) in a Hong Kong population.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 18 or above
* speak and understand Cantonese as well as written Chinese to a level where the participant can fully take part in the course without the need for translation support
* have means to access online teleconferencing meeting software (e.g., Zoom), online surveys, online intervention materials, and Short Message Service (SMS) or WhatsApp messenger

Exclusion Criteria:

* moderately severe or severe depressive or anxiety symptoms
* diagnosed with bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder (type I or type II) or ever experienced a manic/hypomanic episode
* diagnosed with schizophrenia/ psychosis or ever experienced a psychotic episode
* diagnosed with dementia/ neurocognitive disorders/ neurological disorders
* diagnosed with intellectual disability
* diagnosed with other neurodevelopmental disorders
* experience of a traumatic event that is currently affecting the potential participants
* recent bereavement, major loss, or stressful life events
* suicidal
* alcohol or drug abuse
* currently experiencing other mental or physical health condition, or life condition that might affect potential participants' participation in the course
* prior experience of taking part in the feeling tone intervention as a course participant

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mindfulness (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire - 20)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
measure: Equanimity (Equanimity Scale)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
measure: Self-compassion (Sussex-Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Depression (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
measure: Anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
measure: Stress (Perceived Stress Scale - 10)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
measure: Wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale)
timeFrame: 4-week; 8-week
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong
name: Hoi Chun Lok, MSocSc(CP)
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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