COVID-19-related depression, anxiety, and stigma are expected to have short-term and long-term adverse impacts on mental health, help seeking and preventive behaviours in affected individuals, including care providers and the general population. Health qigong (HQ), a form of traditional Chinese martial arts with emphasis placed on the body movement and status of mind, has been demonstrated to enhance both physical and mental health. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), another mind-body treatment, have become increasingly popular for treating a number of health problems. This study proposes an integrated intervention that combines the effects of HQ and MBIs (iMBHQ) to improve the mental wellbeing of COVID-19 survivors, caregivers including healthcare providers and family members as well as the general public in the community.
COVID-19 survivors: people aged 18 years or above who were infected by COVID-19 (both symptomatic and asymptomatic) and clinically recovered
Caregivers of COVID-19 patients, including family members or medical professionals who have contacts with patients diagnosed COVID-19 aged 18 years or above
General healthy public aged 18 years or above
people diagnosed severe and/or chronic conditions that prevent the practice of Qigong (e.g., acute exacerbation of dyspnoea, severe cardiopulmonary disease) or mindfulness intervention,
people with severe psychiatric disorder
people who have regular psychiatric follow-ups
Parallel
Mindfulness-based Health Qigong Intervention
Other interventionParticipants are introduced the practice of the most essential skills, particularly mindfulness, the basic movements of Qigong and the use of the resources package. Following the initial session, participants will kick off 8 bi-weekly online sessions of Mindfulness-based interventions approximately two hours each via the Mobile App. Afterwards, participants will be asked to practice Qigong for 30 minutes per day with five days weekly for another 8 weeks. Follow-up sessions will be conducted by an experienced coach via the Mobile App. After the first 16-week intervention, booster sessions will be provided every 3 months to revise the interventions and follow-up assessments will be completed every 6 months for 2 years.
Psychological wellbeing
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-12)
Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)
12-item Short Form healthy survey (SF-12); Rumination Reflection Questionnaire (RRQ); Hyperarousal Scale COVID-19 Fear Scale; Stigma: Perceived stigma and Self-stigma Scale; Attitudes toward rapid testing and vaccine scale
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