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NCT Number: NCT02241070

The Potential for Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Workplace Mental Health Promotion

The aims of the study are to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventionas a workplace health promotion program on psychological distress, prolonged fatigue, job strain (job control and job demand), and perceived stress and to explore the influences of personal characteristics (including gender, age, education, and occupation) on the outcomes of the intervention with time.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chung Shan Medical University

Taichung, 402, Taiwan

About this study

This study was one component of the Taiwan Workplace Mental Health Promotion Scheme. The study adopted a study design of a randomized controlled trial. Two large-scale manufacturing factories were chosen for this study. All of the factories' 3270 full-time employees were requested to fill in a questionnaire comprising questions regarding mental health and job strain. Of these employees, 2849 individuals were willing to complete the questionnaire. A total of 431 employees (15.13%) were found to be in psychological distress with job strain. The screening procedure was carried out between June and July in 2011. A letter of invitation with an introduction to MBI was sent to these employees. Of these 431 employees, only 144 responded that they would be willing to take part voluntarily in the study. These 144 workers were allocated randomly into the intervention group (Group I, n=72) or the waiting-list control group (Group C, n=72).

All the participants were measured five times with an interval of four weeks between measurements. These measurements were taken at pre-intervention (T1), at mid-intervention (T2), at the completion of intervention (T3), four weeks after intervention (T4), and eight weeks after intervention (T5). The data related with the effectiveness of the intervention were obtained between August and December in 2011.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy employees with psychological distress and job strain
  • Full-time paid workers

Exclusion criteria

  • Age < 18y or > 65y
  • Part-time workers
  • The workers are not willing to take part in the study

Treatment and study plan

mindulness-based intervention

Behavioral

A number of mindfulness techniques, including both "formal" and "informal" practices with integration in the context of Mind/Body meditation, were explored in order to cultivate moment-by-moment present awareness with non-judgmental acceptance.

Primary outcomes

  1. psychological distress

    Time frame: four months

    Psychological distress was measured by the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), a well-validated instrument

Secondary outcomes

  1. prolonged fatigue

    Time frame: Four months

    Prolonged fatigue was measured by The Checklist Individual Strength questionnaire (CIS), which confirmed discriminant validity and convergent validity.

  2. job strain

    Time frame: four months

    The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was used to assess job control and job demands (job strain).

  3. perceived stress

    Time frame: four months

    The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) was adopted to measure a global level of perceived stress.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chung Shan Medical University

Other

Collaborators

  • Changhua Christian Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

The Potential for Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Workplace Mental Health Promotion: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 16, 2014
Registry last updated
Sep 16, 2014

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