Mindfulness for Lonely Older Adults With Emigrant Children
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Intervention, Active Control.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Loneliness, Sleep Quality, Quality of Life, Stress. Basic parameters: 65 years — 75 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
Unsure about the terms? Read our patient guide →
Official title
Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementation of Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Emigrant Children Suffering From Loneliness: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This study is to examine the feasibility of a proposed mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) and study methodology for future main study.
Detailed description
The goal of this 3-arm randomized controlled trial is to examine the feasibility of a proposed mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) and study methodology for future main study. It will identify the acceptability, feasibility, and potential effectiveness of the MBI for lonely older adults (OAs) with emigrant children. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. To what extent is the MBI study process feasible and acceptable for lonely OAs whose children have emigrated? 2. Do subjects in the intervention group show significant improvements in loneliness levels, sleep quality, stress levels, and quality of life (QoL) during follow-up assessments at weeks 12 and 24 compared to baseline? 3. How practical and effective is the recruitment process for enrolling the target study subjects?
Researchers will compare lonely adults with or without out emigrant children to see if MBI to reduce the loneliness level.
Participants will attend a 12-week programme with 8-section face-to-face MBI training, guided by 7 mindfulness video clips plus 4 individual support phone calls, and follow-up at week 12 and 24. In addition, an individual semi-structured interview will be carried out to explore the experience and perceived programme effects of the intervention.
Interventions
- Behavioral Intervention
Eight MBI lessons, and receive seven instant messages individually and four phone calls in 12-week to enhance and guide home self-practice - Other Active Control
Eight health education and craft sessions, seven instant messages individually, four phone calls, and maintain usual activities without participating in mind-body exercise/ activities or stress reduction programme in 12-week
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility of Mindfulness-based Intervention (MBI) [Time frame: After the 12-week MBI training]
- Acceptability of the Mindfulness-based Intervention (MBI) [Time frame: After the 12-week MBI training]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Loneliness [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
- Sleep quality [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
- Stress level [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
- Participants' Quality of Life [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
- Mindfulness [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
- Cardiometabolic outcomes [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
- Others [Time frame: Baseline, week 12 and week 24]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Chinese adults aged 65 to 75 years,
- able to communicate and understand Cantonese (class will be held in Cantonese),
- OAs with or without emigrant children,
- feeling of loneliness (3-item UCLA ≥6) \[25\], and
- living in public housing, reliant on pension, savings, or living in subvented housing.
Exclusion criteria
- Acute or severe physical symptoms such as impaired mobility, COPD or respiratory failure, uncontrolled epilepsy, and severe chronic pain syndrome,
- Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT)< 6 \[26\],
- met DSM-V TR criteria for treated or untreated major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, cyclothymic disorder and/or on regular medication treatment,
- have significant suicidal risk, and
- previous experience in instructor-led mindfulness training within the half year prior to the commencement of the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University — Hong Kong
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07711860 · HE-HMRF2025/10 · 23240241