Zentangle on Psychological Well-being

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health Wellness

Treatments: Behavioral: Zentangle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04309279

PSY011

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine the effects of Zentangle as an intervention for reducing stress and enhancing psychological wellbeing among Hong Kong adults. Zentangle is a mindful doodling process in which participants draw repetitive, structured patterns on small pieces of paper. The patterns consist of combinations of dots, lines, and curves. Zentangle is developed in 2003 by two Americans, and this concept is still new to many people. Some studies suggested that Zentangle can be effective in reducing stress and anxiety, but the number of research papers on Zentangle is limited. Although Zentangle has become a rather popular stress relief activity in Hong Kong recently due to its easiness to learn and minimal tool requirement, there is no related study on its effectiveness in promoting psychological wellbeing in Hong Kong.

Full description

This study will be a pilot randomized controlled trial on the effects of Zentangle as an intervention for reducing stress and enhancing psychological wellbeing among Hong Kong adults. Prior to all study procedures, an online informed consent (with phone support) will be obtained from potential participants. Around 30 eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the Zentangle group or the waitlist control group in a ratio of 1:1.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Hong Kong residents
2. Aged from 18 to 65
3. Cantonese language fluency
4. Willingness to provide informed consent and comply with the trial protocol
5. Be able to join online webinar via a computer

Exclusion criteria

1. Have suicidal ideation
2. Are using medication or psychotherapy for any psychiatric disorder
3. Experiencing depression and anxiety
4. Have major psychiatric, medical or neurocognitive disorders that make participation infeasible based on the research team's judgment
5. Are currently participating in a mindfulness practice

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Zentangle group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Zentangle

Wait-list Control Group

No Intervention group