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| Sunway University | OTHER |
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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).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Treatment | Experimental | Ultra Brief Online Mindfulness-based Intervention |
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| Control | Placebo Comparator | This arm requires participants to answer questions about themselves. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Ultra Brief Online Mindfulness-based Intervention | Behavioral | We adapted and contextualized the original RAIN protocol to local pandemic-induced lockdown situation, with short journaling prompts that engage participants in self-reflection. Journaling is known to be a creative way to engage people in a therapeutic activity which promotes self-awareness (Utley & Garza, 2011). Creating a visual narration of thoughts, feelings and experiences help individuals make internal experiences more tangible and manageable, especially during these uncertain times. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes of Subjective Unit of Distress | This is being measured with the Subject Unit of Distress Scale. | It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up. |
| Changes of Anxiety Scores | This is being measured with the GAD-7 questionnaire. | It was being It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up. |
| Changes of Psychological Insecurity | This is being measured with the Psychological Insecurity Scale. | It was being It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes of General Well-being | This is being measured with the WHO-5 Well-being Index questionnaire. | It was being It was measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention (through intervention completion, on average 10 minutes), and 2-week follow up. |
| Fear of COVID-19 |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Kai-Shuen Pheh, MClinPsych | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Kampar | Perak | 31900 | Malaysia |
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The data will be become available once the study is being published, for 5 years.
The data will be made available upon request to the corresponding author.
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| ID | Term |
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| D000086382 | COVID-19 |
| ID | Term |
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| D011024 | Pneumonia, Viral |
| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
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| Control | Behavioral | The control group participants were asked to report preventive measures that they have taken to prevent COVID-19, ways that they obtained Movement Control Order news, and things that they wished to do once the Movement Control Order is lifted. |
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This is being measured with the Fear of COVID-19 Scale. |
| It was being measured at 2-week follow up. |
| D014777 |
| Virus Diseases |
| D018352 | Coronavirus Infections |
| D003333 | Coronaviridae Infections |
| D030341 | Nidovirales Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |