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1 Unique Trial Number (assigned by CCRB)

CUHK_CCRB00597

2 Trial Registration Date

2018-03-29

i Registration Status

Prospective

3 Secondary IDs

NIL

4 Source(s) of Funding

NIL

5 Primary Sponsor

NIL

6 Secondary Sponsor

NIL

Function

Not Applicable

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7 Responsible Contact Person (public contact person for patients interested in participating)

i Name

Ella Wong

ii Address

Master of Art in Psychology, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

iii Phone

56698252

iv Email

ellawong@link.cuhk.edu.hk

v Affiliation

Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

vi Country

Hong Kong

8 Research Contact Person (person to contact for scientific inquiries)

i Name

Ella Wong

ii Address

Master of Art in Psychology, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

iii Phone

56698252

iv Email

ellawong@link.cuhk.edu.hk

v Affiliation

Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

vi Country

Hong Kong

9 Official Scientific Title of the Study

Savoring, Mindfulness and Discernment: Examining the efficacy of a savoring intervention and the role of dispositional mindfulness and discernment on Hong Kong adults

10 Public Title

“Savoring” Research Project

i Public Title in Chinese 研究名稱

《細味》研究計劃

11 Short Title (Optional)

12 Countries of Recruitment

Hong Kong

13 Research Ethic Review

i Has the study received appropriate ethics approval?

Yes

ii When is the approval date?

2018-03-19

iii Full Name of IRB/IEC

Other

Please specify

Survey and Behavioural Research Ethics Committee CUHK

iv IRB/IEC approval reference number

Not applicable

14 Medical Condition Being Studied

Nil

15 Intervention

i Types of intervention

Behavior

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ii Description/ name of Intervention/article

This study is a two-armed randomized controlled trial of Savoring Intervention for Hong Kong adults. Savoring Intervention is one of the positive psychological interventions that is used to improve mental well-being and decrease negative emotions such as depression by enhancing people’s attentional focus on positive experiences (Bryant & Veroff, 2017). It was found that when predicting positive emotions and their ensuing psychological benefits, dispositional mindfulness and the perceived ability to savor the moment play complementary roles (Kiken, Lundberg & Fredrickson, 2017).

Participants in the intervention group will be invited to practice savoring intervention that is modified from the strategies for enhancing savoring recommended by Bryant and Veroff (2017). Participants will be instructed to take at least one photo a day for seven consecutive days that could capture a positive moment, experience, or inspiration. They will send the photos along with one to two sentences describing the positive experience to the researcher via the same WhatsApp conversation of which they have received instructions. They will be written in Chinese to make it comprehensible to the Hong Kong population.

iii Dosage form of the intervention

1 "Whatsapp" savoring practice instruction and reminder per day

iv Dosage of the intervention

1 savoring practice per day

v Duration of the intervention

1 week

vi Frequency of the intervention

1 savoring practice per day

16 Comparative Treatments

i Description/ name of comparative treatments

Participants of the active control group will be invited to take one photo of neutral meaning every day in their week of participation. Specific instructions of the kind of neutral photos they should take for each day will be sent to the participants every day via WhatsApp during the week of their participation. They will send the photos along with one sentence describing the picture they have taken, such as “Day1, this is a wooden chair”. Like the instructions provided to the intervention group, instructions will be written in Chinese.

ii Dosage form of the comparative treatments

1 "Whatsapp" active control practice instruction and reminder per day

iii Dosage of the comparative treatments

1 active control practice per day

iv Duration of the comparative treatments

1 week

v Frequency of the comparative treatments

1 active control practice per day

17 Key Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

i Inclusion Criteria

Hong Kong adults (18 years old or above)

Able to read Chinese

Have constant access to Whatsapp

ii Exclusion Criteria

Nil

iii Age Minimum

18

iv Age Maximum

999

v Gender

Both Male and Female

18 Study Type

Interventional

19 Study Design

i Randomization

Randomized

Please specify

Block randomization

ii Nature of control

Active

iii Degree of masking

Single-blind

If Single-blind, who will be masked?

Trial subjects

iv Group Assignment

Single group

v Study Phase

3

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vi Study Objectives (Optional)

20 Anticipated trial start date

2018-04-03

21 Target Sample Size

120

22 Recruitment Status

Not Yet Recruiting

23 Primary Outcome

i The Name of the outcome

Depressive symptoms

ii The metric or method of measurement used

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)

iii The timepoint(s) of primary interest

3

Primary Outcome

i The Name of the outcome

Flourishing

ii The metric or method of measurement used

Flourishing Scale (FS) and Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)

iii The timepoint(s) of primary interest

3

Primary Outcome

i The Name of the outcome

Savoring

ii The metric or method of measurement used

Savoring Beliefs Inventory (SBI)

iii The timepoint(s) of primary interest

3

24 Secondary Outcome

i The Name of the outcome

Mindfulness

ii The metric or method of measurement used

Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C; Short-version)

iii The timepoint(s) of primary interest

3

Secondary Outcome

i The Name of the outcome

Discernment

ii The metric or method of measurement used

Discernment Scale

iii The timepoint(s) of primary interest

3

25 Study Information/Publication

i Study Information/Publication Available?

No

ii Link to Study Information/Publication

26 Last Update Date

2018-07-05

27 Primary Registry and Trial Identifying Number

ChiCTR1800015550

28 Date of Registration in Primary Registry

2018-03-29

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