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CUHK_CCT00382

2013-12-04

Prospective

HMRF 11120111

Health and Medical Research Fund, Food & Health Bureau, The Government of Hong Kong SAR

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

N/A

Sally CHENG

4/F, JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin

22528764

sallycheng@cuhk.edu.hk

JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Katrina TSANG

4/F, JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin

22528462

ktsang@cuhk.edu.hk

JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Promoting Mental Well-being of Pregnant Women with Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP): A Randomized Controlled Trial in Hong Kong

Promoting Mental Well-being of Pregnant Women with Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) in Hong Kong

促進準媽咪心理健康計劃

MBCP RCT in HK

Hong Kong

Yes

2013-10-02

Pregnancy mental well-being

Other

Educational

Mindfulness is a set of contemplative skills that cultivate non-judgemental moment-to-moment awareness, acceptance and non-avoidance of one’s present inner experience. Mindfulness is systematically taught over eight to ten weeks by group educational classes.

Mindfulness-based Childbirthing & Parenting (MBCP) is a nine-week antenatal programme with training in mindfulness through various activities such as mindful awareness of the breath, body, feelings, thoughts, and emotions; body scan meditation; mindful body movements; and loving-kindness meditation. Participants are invited to practice mindful activities at home for 30 to 45 minutes each day.

The complete programme is 30 hours in total that includes 9 antenatal weekly sessions, a half-day re

Active Control group – Antenatal Childbirth Education and Support (ACES).
This is an antenatal educational programme without the mindfulness components. The active control is a psycho-social placebo comparable to the intervention in terms of programme structure, instructor’s contact and attention, and class activities and homework assignments of similar nature and duration.

(1) currently with a singleton pregnancy at 14–20 weeks of gestation (intervention starts at 20–25 weeks of gestation);
(2) being a resident of Hong Kong who will be living in Hong Kong for at least one year after childbirth;
(3) being able to communicate in Cantonese (group sessions will be conducted in Cantonese);
(4) being able to give informed consent;
(5) having no previous experience with meditation;
(6) having no daily practice with other mind–body techniques (e.g. yoga, tai-chi); and
(7) being willing and able to attend all the sessions.

(1) being a woman who does not meet all of the inclusion criteria;
(2) having a concurrent DSM-IV Axis diagnosis or recent diagnosis of depression during the last 12 months; and
(3) currently seeing a psychiatrist or mental health professional or receiving any form of treatment for any mental condition.

18

50

Female

Interventional

Randomized

Active

Single-blind

Parallel

2014-09-01

178

Not Yet Recruiting

Self-reported Mental Component Scale (MCS-12)

This outcome is measured 4 times: before the intervention (T1), after the intervention (T2), at the six to eight weeks postpartum visit (T3), and the reunion at six months after childbirth (T4).

1. Depression measured by the validated Hong Kong Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).
2. Perceived Stress measured by the self-reported Hong Kong Chinese version 14-item Global Measure of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14)
3. Mindfulness level measured by the Hong Kong Chinese version self-reported 39-item Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C).

These outcomes are measured 4 times: before the intervention (T1), after the intervention (T2), at the six to eight weeks postpartum visit (T3), and the reunion at six months after childbirth (T4).

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2016-04-08


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