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Online MBCT Program for University Students

NCT05804877 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2025-12-10

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Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to examine the efficacy of the online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program(MBCT) in youth (18-25 years old) with depressive symptoms. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Whether the program could reduce depressive symptoms in university students.
* Whether the program could increase quality of life in university students.
* The effectiveness, acceptance, and practicability of the program for university students.

Participants in the experimental group would be arranged to attend online mindfulness-based cognitive programs for eight weeks. The control group would be educated the knowledge of mental health to manage their negative emotions.

Conditions

  • Depression in Adolescence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

Participants in the experimental group would be arranged to attend online mindfulness-based cognitive programs for eight weeks. Each week was divided into 3 parts, which were detailed mindfulness-based skills training with pictures or short videos, techniques application in different scenarios, and concepts consolidation through a web-based assignment.

OTHER

Mental health education

The mental health education was delivered on the platform of LINE to the control group 3 times a week for 8 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chung Shan Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yun-Ling Chen, Doctor · Chung Shan Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-20
Primary Completion
2023-07-05
Completion
2023-09-01

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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