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ArticleMindfulness2022

Effectiveness of a Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention of "STOP touching your face" During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jinsong Tang, Ling Wang, Tao Luo, Shiyou Wu, Zhenzhen Wu, Jianhua Chen, Chen Pan, Yunfei Wang, Yueheng Liu, Qinghua Luo and 6 more

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Article in Mindfulness, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04330352 ("STOP Touching Your Face"), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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"STOP Touching Your Face": a Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorSir Run Run Shaw HospitalRan2020 to 2020Enrolled1,094ConditionsFace-touching BehaviorArmsMindfulness-based "STOP touching your face" practice
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Jinsong TangDepartment of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016 People's Republic of China.
Ling WangFlorence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, King's College London, Midwifery & Palliative Care, London, UK.
Tao LuoDepartment of Psychology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Shiyou WuThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Duyun, Qiannan China.
Zhenzhen WuDepartment of Psychiatry, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Jianhua ChenShanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Chen PanDepartment of Clinical Psychology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yunfei WangDepartment of Psychiatry, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yueheng LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Qinghua LuoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xin GuoPsychiatry Department, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Liqin XieChangsha Social Work College, Changsha, China.
Jun ZhouChangsha Social Work College, Changsha, China.
Yunkai SunDepartment of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016 People's Republic of China.
Wei ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016 People's Republic of China.
Yanhui LiaoDepartment of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016 People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-4735-3252

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Avoiding touching the eyes, nose, and mouth (T-zone) is a strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) named "STOP (Stop, Take a Breath, Observe, Proceed) touching your face" for reducing face-touching behavior. Methods: In this online-based, two-arm, wait-list, randomized controlled trial, eligible participants were randomly assigned to the intervention ( Results: ITT analysis revealed that the percentage of T-zone touching was significantly reduced by 8.1% in the intervention group (from 81.1 to 73.0%, RR = 0.901, OR = 0.631, RD =  - 0.081, Conclusions: This brief mindfulness-based intervention was potentially effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19 and could be further investigated as an intervention for preventing other infectious diseases spread by hand-to-face touching. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04330352. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12671-022-02019-x.

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Behavioral interventionBrief mindfulness-based interventionBrief online interventionFace-touching behaviorInfectious disease preventionTransmission reduction

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