BeMindful

Description:

BeMind combines Mindfulness-Bazsed Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT. Each of the ten sessions lasts 30 minutes, and the full program can be completed within 4 weeks, although there is no time-limit for completion. Program elements include assignments to practice in daily life, guided meditation audio downloads, and online progress review tools. Upon completion, users receive a course completion certificate along with an aftercare pack, sent in the post, which includes a printed guide to everyday mindfulness. 

Service URL:

http://www.bemindfulonline.com/

Agency Responsible:

Mental Health Foundation, through Wellmind Media (UK).

Details

Format:

Website.

Intervention Type:

Other. Mindfulness-Based Stress Management (MBSM) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Course Length:

Long (more than 5 modules). 10 sessions of 30 minutes

Support Option:

Automated only. supporting e-mails

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Stress.

Target Audience:

Adult.

Language:

English.

Access

Fee:

Fee-based. £30.00

Access:

Closed: Fee required.

Contact Details:

c.m.baker@swansea.ac.uk, website online contact: https://www.bemindfulonline.com/contact/

Research evidence

Research Trials:

3

Research RCTs:

1

Outcome Summary:

A waitlist-controlled RCT (Querstret et al 2017), focusing on measures of occupational health (rumination, fatigue, sleep), found that intervention participants (N=60) had significantly lower levels of work-related rumination and fatigue, and significantly better sleep quality compared to waitlist-controls (N=58). These effects were maintained at 3- and 6-month follow-up. Effect sizes were medium to large. 

In a preliminary feasibility evaluation (N=100) (Krusche et al 2012), participant scores on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)( significantly reduced from pre- to post-test, and remained stable at 1-month follow-up. Participants with higher baseline PSS scores engaged in significantly more mindfulness practice, and showed a greater reduction in stress.

 Following on from the preliminary evaluation in 2012 (N=100), Krusche et al 2013 included a greater numbers of participants (N=273), and measured, in addition to stress (PSS), anxiety (GAD-7), and depression (PHQ9). Pre-post measures indicated a significant reduction in all three outcome variables, and these effects were retained at 1-month follow-up. Pre-post effect sizes were .24 (stress), .23 (anxiety), and .19 (depression).

 

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Research paper citations

Baker, C., et al. (2015). "Alleviating staff stress in care homes for people with dementia: protocol for stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate a web-based Mindfulness- Stress Reduction course." BMC Psychiatry 15(1): 317.

Querstret, D., et al. (2017). "Internet-based instructor-led mindfulness for work-related rumination, fatigue, and sleep: Assessing facets of mindfulness as mechanisms of change. A randomized waitlist control trial." J Occup Health Psychol 22(2): 153-169.

Krusche, A., et al. (2012). "Mindfulness online: a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility of a web-based mindfulness course and the impact on stress." BMJ Open 2(3).

Krusche, A., et al. (2013). "Mindfulness online: an evaluation of the feasibility of a web-based mindfulness course for stress, anxiety and depression." BMJ Open 3(11).