Focus Group Study on the Feeling Tone Mindfulness Course

This is an academic research study aiming to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a four-week feeling tone mindfulness course by gathering qualitative feedback from course participants in a focus group format.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Depression; Stress; Anxiety; Well-being; Mindfulness; Self-Compassion
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Focus group session

Detailed Description

This is a follow-up study of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course study, exploring the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course by gathering qualitative feedback from course participants in an online (e.g., Zoom), focus group format. A trained moderator will use a semi-structured interview guide with a set of questions to facilitate focus group discussions. Each focus group session will last for about two hours. With the consent from focus group participants, each focus group will be audio-recorded. After participants have completed the focus group, they are eligible to receive HKD100, as a token of thanks to their support and participation to this focus group study.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 25

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Hoi Chun Lok, MSocSc(CP); Phone Number: +852 3917-5889; Email: hclok@connect.hku.hk
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Amanda Kingsze Cheung, PhD; Phone Number: +852 3917-5889; Email: aksc@hku.hk

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants in this study are adult individuals who have previously completed the four-week feeling tone mindfulness intervention course.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18 or above
• Speak and understand Cantonese as well as written Chinese to a level where the participant can fully take part in the focus group session without the need for translation support
• Have means to access online teleconferencing meeting software (e.g., Zoom), online surveys (to give their informed consent and to schedule a focus group session), online materials, and Short Message Service (SMS) or WhatsApp messenger.
• Participants who have completed the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Focus group session; All participants in this study will take part in a focus group session.

Other: Focus group session; Participants will take part in a focus group, which includes sharing their experience of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course in an online group session. The focus group session will be led by trained moderator, and attended by several other course participants who completed the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course. The session will be audio-recorded as the research team will analyze the qualitative feedback offered by participants.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Acceptability and feasibility of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course, based on an unpublished focus group interview guide at the Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong	Participants will provide qualitative feedback on the acceptability and feasibility of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course. Example question will include: "What kept you continue on and complete the course?"	4 weeks
Effectiveness of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course, based on an unpublished focus group interview guide at the Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong	Participants will provide qualitative feedback on the effectiveness of the four-week feeling tone mindfulness course. Example question will include: "Now that the course has completed, did it help you attain what you expected?"	4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Hoi Chun Lok, MSocSc(CP), Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): October 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 16, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 29, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 1, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 1, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 29, 2024
• Last Verified: September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1005240113_Study2b

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No