%0 Journal Article
%T Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness Training for People Experiencing Mental Illness
%A Chris Griffiths
%A Farah Hina
%A Lorraine Pollard
%A Isabel Reid
%J Open Journal of Depression
%P 15-29
%@ 2169-9674
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojd.2022.112002
%X <b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Evidence has shown that self-guided web application mindfulness training
can improve mental health. In this study</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Be
Mindful</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> online</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">based mindfulness training software application was offered through a
United Kingdom (UK) universal community healthcare provider to patients with a
mental illness diagnosis. Be Mindful is an online course providing instruction
on mindfulness theories and practice training, progress tracking, integrated
guidance/feedback, and motivational emails.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The aim of this paper is to present feasibility findings and outcomes on
anxiety, depression, and stress of an intervention offering Be Mindful.
Participants were adults who had a mental illness diagnosis and were under the
care of community mental health services.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Open</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">label patient cohort design, with no control group. Pre</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and post</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">intervention
assessment using participant self-report measures: Generalised Anxiety
Disorder-7 (GAD-7); Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10); and Patient Health
Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; a measure of depression severity).</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Two hundred and seventy-four
%K Depression
%K Mental Illness
%K Anxiety
%K Stress
%K Mindfulness
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=117042