Healthy adult workers
Conditions
Interventions
4 weekly sessions of MBCT + 6 monthly follow-up program
After 7 months waiting, 4 weekly sessions of MBCT
Sponsors
Keio University School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -A person whose weekly working hours are 30 hours or more -A person who has not taken a sickness leave for more than one month due to mental illness in the past, or have worked for more than six months after a sickness leave for longer than one month due to mental illness at the time of research participation. -A person the principal investigator judge her/him fit to be included into the study regardless of her/his physical illness -A person with an HPQ absolute presenteeism score of 8 or less -A person who can use the Internet to answer questionnaires and participate in mindfulness classes. -A person who can give their consent to participate in the research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -A person who has an experience of mindfulness interventions for at least 8 weeks in the past -A person who has obvious difficulties in following up during the research period -A person whom the principal investigator judges to be unable to participate in the research due to serious physical illness -A person whom the principal investigator judges to be unsuitable for participation in the research with other reasons.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A comparison between the two groups of the change in absolute presenteeism as measured by the WHO-HPQ at 4, 16 and 28 weeks after the start of the study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (A)Comparison of the means of FFMQ, UWES, SWLS, FS, SPANE, EQ, PSS, ICECAP-A, psychological safety scale, and meditation practice time between the two groups at the beginning of the study and at 4, 16, and 28 weeks after the start of the study. (B)Cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted by calculating the effect of productivity improvement obtained from WHO-HPQ and using the cost for intervention as the cost. A cost-benefit analysis will also be conducted using the QALYs calculated from ICECAP as an indicator of effectiveness. (C) The control group will undergo the same bMBCT as the intervention group after the 28-week waiting period. bMBCT will be conducted for WHO-HPQ, FFMQ, UWES, SWLS, FS, SPANE, ES, PSS, ICECAP-A, psychological safety scale, and meditation practice time at the beginning of the study and at 4, 16, 28, 32, 44, and 56 weeks after the start of the study. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMitsuhiro Sado
Keio University School of Medicine Department of Neuropsychiatry
Outcome results
None listed