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Mindful-Breath for People With COPD
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
Individuals living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often suffer from stress and behavioral risks such as physical inactivity. In an attempt to promote healthy behaviors and overall wellbeing among this particular population, this study aims to develop and evaluate a personalized Mindful-Breath intervention combining telehealth technology and mindfulness for COPD patients. This is an assessor-blinded, two-arm exploratory randomized controlled trial with a sequential mixed-method design. A total of 60 participants will be recruited and randomly assigned to either intervention or control group using 1:1 ratio. Intervention group will go through 8 weekly 60-min hybrid group sessions, combining mindfulness-based pulmonary rehabilitation and lifestyle modification. Personalized mindfulness-based lifestyle counselling through instant messages with chat-based support throughout the 8-week intervention period will also be provided. Control group will receive a single in-person 60-min group session on general education on pulmonary rehabilitation and lifestyle modification and will only receive reminder messages for follow-ups. Variables such as time spent on physical activity, lung function, perceived stress, symptom burden and health-related quality of life will be collected at three time-points (T0: baseline, prior to randomization; T1: immediate post-intervention; T2: 3-month post-intervention).
Official title: Effects of a Hybrid, Personalised Mindfulness-optimised Pulmonary Rehabilitation (Mindful-Breath) Programme for Active Living for People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
50 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2025-07-02
Completion Date
2027-05-30
Last Updated
2025-09-29
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Hybrid Mindfulness-Based Group Sessions
Eight 60-min hybrid group sessions, combining mindfulness-based pulmonary rehabilitation and lifestyle modification. The sessions cover topics such as the eight yoga's ethical guidelines (yamas and niyamas) for positive lifestyle behaviors, breathing mechanisms, dysfunctional breathing styles, voluntary control of breathing (pranayama), relaxation and sense withdrawal (pratyahara), concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and enlightenment (samadhi). Subsequent sessions will be delivered via videoconferencing using Zoom and will include guided breathing-focused practices.
Ecological Momentary Interventions (EMI)
Personalised mindfulness-based lifestyle counselling through instant messages with chat-based support throughout the 8-week intervention period. The intervention protocol will cover message content library, regular message delivery and personalised chat-based support.
Single General Education on Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Lifestyle Modification Group
The control group participants will receive a single in-person 60-min group session on general education on pulmonary rehabilitation and lifestyle modification based on the GOLD 2024 teaching set and HEARTS technical package for NCD prevention as recommended by the WHO.
Activity Monitoring
All participants will wear a wristband activity tracker to monitor their physical activity in daily life.
Locations (1)
School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong