Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Jan 24, 2024
Date Accepted: Sep 25, 2024
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Brief Mobile App Based Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian senior high school teachers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the level of anxiety among Indonesian senior high school teachers. Following the SPIRIT 2013 Statement, this protocol describes a feasibility study of a brief mindfulness-based mobile app (BM-MA) for Indonesian senior high school teachers experiencing anxiety and stress.
Objective:
The objectives of this study are 1) to evaluate the feasibility of BM-MA; 2) to examine the effects of using BM-MA on anxiety, stress, life satisfaction, self-efficacy, trait mindfulness, self-compassion, and physical and social dysfunction among the participants.
Methods:
A total of 60 Indonesian senior high school teachers will be recruited for this study. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (BM-MA) or a wait-list control group (CG) with a 1:1 ratio. Participants in the BM-MA condition will be required to engage in mindfulness practices using the app for 10 to 20 minutes per day, for 3 weeks. All participants will be assessed with a battery of self-report measures at baseline, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up. Validated scales will be used to measure the outcome variables of interest (life satisfaction, teacher sense of self-efficacy, self-compassion, anxiety, and physical and social dysfunction). The practicality and acceptability of the mobile application will be evaluated using the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire–8 and structured interviews. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with group (intervention vs. control) as a between-subjects factor and time as a within-subjects factor (baseline, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up) will be used to examine the effects of BM-MA on the outcome variables.
Results:
The data will be analyzed using an intent-to-treat approach and published in accordance with the CONSORT recommendation.
Conclusions:
This study will establish essential information regarding the feasibility and efficacy of BM-MA, a digital mental health intervention modified from one of the existing mindfulness-based apps, as well as its scalability. Clinical Trial: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (the registration number: ChiCTR2300068085) (http://www.chictr.org.cn/registryen.aspx)
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