TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects and mechanisms of an online short-term audio-based mindfulness program on negative emotions in a community setting
T2 - A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
AU - Kang, Man Ying
AU - Nan, Joshua Kin Man
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Yee Ting Wong for helping to apply for ethical approval from Hong Kong Baptist University. The authors stated that any information can be obtained from the authors on request. Authors will also publish the data in the data repository Open Science Framework, so the public can obtain participant-level dataset, and statistical code from the data repository.
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PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - IntroductionThis study aims to test the effectiveness of a short-term online audio-based mindfulness programme for reducing signs of negative emotions in community-dwelling people. MethodsCommunity-dwelling adults will be recruited via online social networking sites (e.g., QQ, WeChat and Weibo). Participants (n = 260) will be randomized into a mindfulness group (n = 130) and a waitlist control group (n = 130). In the mindfulness group, participants will be advised to spend 10–20 min listening to the audio content, including mindful-form practices (e.g., eating, sitting, walking or breathing) then practice daily mindfulness exercises for 3 weeks (a total of 21 sessions), whereas those in the control group will receive the same intervention after data collection in the mindfulness group. Participants will fill in the World Health Organization Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) five times: at baseline and at 1, 2, 3 and 6 weeks. ResultsThe primary hypothesis is that negative emotion indices of community-dwelling people will be reduced after intervention. Individual differences and weekly change of indices during the intervention period will be explored. The study will test the potential mediation and moderation effect of anxiety through intervention effects on negative affect. Secondary outcome measures include levels of mindfulness, current mental wellbeing and positive affect. ConclusionThe final results may support that the mindfulness programme may be good for community-dwelling people.
AB - IntroductionThis study aims to test the effectiveness of a short-term online audio-based mindfulness programme for reducing signs of negative emotions in community-dwelling people. MethodsCommunity-dwelling adults will be recruited via online social networking sites (e.g., QQ, WeChat and Weibo). Participants (n = 260) will be randomized into a mindfulness group (n = 130) and a waitlist control group (n = 130). In the mindfulness group, participants will be advised to spend 10–20 min listening to the audio content, including mindful-form practices (e.g., eating, sitting, walking or breathing) then practice daily mindfulness exercises for 3 weeks (a total of 21 sessions), whereas those in the control group will receive the same intervention after data collection in the mindfulness group. Participants will fill in the World Health Organization Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) five times: at baseline and at 1, 2, 3 and 6 weeks. ResultsThe primary hypothesis is that negative emotion indices of community-dwelling people will be reduced after intervention. Individual differences and weekly change of indices during the intervention period will be explored. The study will test the potential mediation and moderation effect of anxiety through intervention effects on negative affect. Secondary outcome measures include levels of mindfulness, current mental wellbeing and positive affect. ConclusionThe final results may support that the mindfulness programme may be good for community-dwelling people.
KW - Mindfulness
KW - Moderated mediation
KW - Negative emotions
KW - Randomized controlled trial
KW - Short-term online audio
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102139
DO - 10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102139
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1876-3820
VL - 52
JO - European Journal of Integrative Medicine
JF - European Journal of Integrative Medicine
M1 - 102139
ER -