A mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention among psychologically distressed university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shufang Sun ◽  
Danhua Lin ◽  
Simon Goldberg ◽  
Zijiao Shen ◽  
Pujing Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Mhealth Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Exploring the Experiences of Individuals Allocated to a Control Setting: Findings From a Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Trial (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrika Müssener ◽  
Catharina Linderoth ◽  
Marcus Bendtsen
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Quit Smoking

BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking is the primary cause of preventable premature disease and death worldwide. Evidence of the efficacy of text messaging interventions to reduce smoking behavior is well established, but there is still a need for studies targeting young people, especially because young adult smokers are less likely to seek treatment than older adults. A mobile health intervention, Nicotine Exit (NEXit), targeting smoking among university students was developed to support university students to quit smoking. Short-term effectiveness was measured through a randomized controlled trial, which found that immediately after the 12-week intervention, 26% of smokers in the intervention group had prolonged abstinence compared with 15% in the control group. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to explore the experience of being allocated to the control group in the NEXit smoking cessation intervention. METHODS We asked students who were allocated to the control group in the main NEXit randomized controlled trial to report their experiences. An email was sent to the participants with an electronic link to a short questionnaire. We assessed the distribution of the responses to the questionnaire by descriptive analysis. We analyzed free-text comments to 4 questions. RESULTS The response rate for the questionnaire was 33.8% (258/763), and we collected 143 free-text comments. Of the responders, 60.9% (157/258) experienced frustration, disappointment, and irritation about being allocated to the control group; they felt they were being denied support by having to wait for the intervention. Monthly text messages during the waiting period thanking them for taking part in the trial were perceived as negative by 72.3% (189/258), but for some the messages served as a reminder about the decision to quit smoking. Of the responders, 61.2% (158/258) chose to wait to quit smoking until they had access to the intervention, and 29.8% (77/258) decided to try to quit smoking without support. Of the respondents, 77.5% (200/258) claimed they were still smoking and had signed up or were thinking about signing up for the smoking cessation program at the time of the questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS Most of the respondents reported negative feelings about having to wait for the support of the intervention and that they had decided to continue smoking. A similar number decided to wait to quit smoking until they had access to the intervention, and these respondents reported a high interest in the intervention. Free-text comments indicated that some control group participants believed that they had been excluded from the trial, while others were confused when asked to sign up for the intervention again. CLINICALTRIAL ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN75766527; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN75766527 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/7678sUKbR)

scholarly journals Mobile Health (mHealth) Versus Clinic-Based Group Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 978-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dror Ben-Zeev ◽  
Rachel M. Brian ◽  
Geneva Jonathan ◽  
Lisa Razzano ◽  
Nicole Pashka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Efficacy of a mindfulness-based programme with and without virtual reality support to reduce stress in university students: A randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 103866
Author(s):  
Marta Modrego-Alarcón ◽  
Yolanda López-del-Hoyo ◽  
Javier García-Campayo ◽  
Adrián Pérez-Aranda ◽  
Mayte Navarro-Gil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
University Students ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled
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