Mindfulness Interventions and Emotional Distress: A Daily Study

Launched by PEKING UNIVERSITY · Jan 17, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial, titled "Mindfulness Interventions and Emotional Distress: A Daily Study," aims to understand how mindfulness practices can help reduce emotional distress, which is the feeling of being overwhelmed or anxious. The study will look at whether keeping a daily diary about thoughts and feelings can help explain how mindfulness techniques work to improve emotional well-being.

To be eligible for this study, participants should be aged between 65 and 74 years and have a score greater than 21 on a specific distress scale, indicating they are experiencing significant emotional distress. However, the study is not open for recruitment yet. Participants will need to be able to access the Internet and understand Chinese, as these are requirements for joining. Those who have practiced mindfulness regularly for more than six weeks or have certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia or substance abuse issues, will not be able to participate. Overall, this trial hopes to provide valuable insights into the benefits of mindfulness for emotional health.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Subjects with scores greater than 21 on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Subjects who could not access the Internet.
• • Subjects with insufficient Chinese ability.
• • Subjects who have participated in mindfulness-based projects for more than 6 weeks before, and / or the current frequency of meditation practice is more than once a week.
• • Patients with schizophrenia or psychotic affective disorder, current organic mental disorder, substance abuse disorder and generalized developmental disorder.
• • Subjects at risk of suicide.