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NCT05413577
Reducing Parental Stress Via Instant Messaging During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial
NA trial testing Mindfulness training in Parents in 491 participants. Completed in 28 February 2022.
28 February 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 491 |
| Start date | 1 September 2021 |
| Primary completion | 28 February 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 28 February 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across Hong Kong |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Mindfulness training
Conditions studied
- Parents — all drugs for Parents →
- Parenting — all drugs for Parenting →
- Stress — all drugs for Stress →
Sponsor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Parents or Parenting. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This research investigated the effects of mindfulness practice on mental wellbeing and parenting behaviour, with the instruction recordings delivered via existing instant messaging applications, including Whatsapp and Signal. The two-week mindfulness program targeted parents with children in Nursery, Kindergarten to Primary School. Due to the suspension of schools, work from home policies, parents spend increased amount of time with their children. News reports have indicated that with the mounting care taking responsibilities and downturn of economy amidst the epidemic, parents have been experiencing higher stress that may negatively impact their wellbeing and parent-child relationship. This study delivered an app-based intervention that aims at enhancing mindful parenting at the time of corona, where social distancing is emphasized.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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A brief mindfulness- and compassion-based parenting programme delivered via instant messaging: Results and implications from two randomised controlled trials on reducing parental stress.
Lam DLW, Mak WWS, Yu BCL. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 41319012 · DOI 10.1111/aphw.70094
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Verify against primary sources
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05413577 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Last refreshed: 23 November 2022
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