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“Cultivating a Green Lifestyle (CGL)” intervention to promote low carbon lifestyles and enhanced perceived quality of life among Sinhala-speaking private sector employees in Western province, Sri Lanka: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2022/026
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Nov 09, 2022
Scientific Title of Trial
“Cultivating a Green Lifestyle (CGL)” intervention to promote low carbon lifestyles and enhanced perceived quality of life among Sinhala-speaking private sector employees in Western province, Sri Lanka: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Public Title of Trial
A meditation-based intervention to promote low carbon lifestyles and enhanced perceived quality of life among Sinhala-speaking private sector employees in Western province, Sri Lanka: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Occupational stress and perceived quality of life
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
None
Universal Trial Number
U1111-1281-8135
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
EC-22-038
What is the research question being addressed?
How does a meditation combined awareness programme effect on pro-environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviours, perceived quality of life and potential occupational stress of private sector employees in Western province of Sri Lanka?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Randomized controlled trial
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Standard therapy/practice
Assignment
Other
Purpose
Other
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention(s) planned
Study setting: Onsite training will be conducted at the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Individuals who intend to participate in this study will be invited through a paper and web-based advertisement. The advertisement will be disseminated among employees through newspapers, social media and personal contacts. Randomization: Selected participants for the study (i.e. private sector employees in the Western province of Sri Lanka who are newbies to meditation and who have potentials for chronic occupational stress) will be divided into two groups: treatment and non-treatment group (wait-listed control group) randomly (i.e. block randomization with 1:1 allocation ratio, 4 blocks) using an online automatic random number generator (link to random number generator: https://www.randomizer.org/ ). Intervention: The protocol of the intervention will include meditation combined awareness creation programme on climate change mitigation and connectedness to nature, which will be carried out for consecutive 4 weeks (1 day per week). Participants will be guided by experienced meditation trainers for 3 and 1/2 hours in-class time per week during 3 consecutive weeks and 4 and half hours in-class time for the last week. After the meditation training in each week, the awareness component of the intervention will be conducted for 60 minutes by the PI of the current study. Further, all the members of the treatment group will be asked to practice sitting meditation elsewhere at least 30 minutes per day. This will be monitored through a self-maintained pocket journal on meditation experience they gained during each daily session.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Primary outcome(s)
1.
Improvement in employees’ implicit connection with nature The outcome will be assessed using a computer-based self-administered cognitive assessment: Implicit Association with Nature (IAN). |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
2.
Improvement in explicit connection with nature The outcome will be assessed using a Sinhala version of the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS-Sin) which was validated to a Sinhala-speaking context as a part of this PhD work |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
3.
Reduction in per capita carbon footprint associated with food and beverage consumption The outcome will be assessed using self-reported Carbon emissions data i.e. data collection sheets were piloted under the PhD work |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
4.
Reduction in per capita carbon footprint associated with energy consumption at residence The outcome will be assessed using self-reported Carbon emissions data i.e. data collection sheets were piloted under the PhD work |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
5.
Reduction in per capita carbon footprint associated with travel behaviour The outcome will be assessed using self-reported Carbon emissions data i.e. data collection sheets were piloted under the PhD work |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
6.
Reduction in per capita carbon footprint associated with solid waste disposal at residence The outcome will be assessed using self-reported Carbon emissions data i.e. data collection sheets were piloted under the PhD work |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
7.
Improvement in employees’ perceived quality of life associated with physical health, psychology, social relationships and environment The outcome will be measured through a Sinhala version of WHO-QoL BREF which was validated to Sinhala speaking context |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
8.
Reduction of employees’ potential occupational stress due to effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment at work The outcome will be assessed Effort Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERI-Q), a validated questionnaire to a Sinhala speaking context |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
1.
Improvement in trait mindfulness The outcome will be measured using a Sinhala version of Five Facet Mindfulness scale which was translated and judgmentally validated by a member of the AHEAD 81-research team The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline, 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
2.
Associations between meditation experience, trait mindfulness and green life i.e. connectedness to nature, per capita carbon footprint. The aforementioned validated tests under the primary outcomes will be used in measuring variables under this outcome |
[ The outcome will be measured at 3-time points: baseline (prior to the commencement of intervention), 2 months after the baseline and 5 months after the baseline. ] |
Target number/sample size
88 (44 in each group)
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2022-12-15
Anticipated end date
2023-06-30
Date of first enrollment
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Pending
Funding source
World Bank - AHEAD
Regulatory approvals
N/A
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2022-07-21
Approval number
EC-22-038
Details of Ethics Review Committee
Name: | Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo |
Institutional Address: | Ethics Review Committee Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo P O Box 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka |
Telephone: | +94-11-2695300 ext 240 |
Email: | ethicscommitteemfc@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
Sanduni K. Somarathne
Research Assistant
Research Promotion Facilitation Center (RPFC)
Faculty of Medicine, No 25, Kinsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka.
sksomarathne@stu.cmb.ac.lk, sandunikanchana92@gmail.com
Contact Person for Public Queries
Erandathie Lokupitiya,
Professor
Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences,
University of Colombo,
PO Box 1490,
Colombo 03,
Sri Lanka.
+94 112503399
+94 715990452
erandi@sci.cmb.ac.lk
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
Yes
IPD sharing plan description
Individual participant data that underlie the results being reported will be shared after de-identification (text, tables, figures and appendices). The study protocol will also be shared. Data will be available beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication. Data will be shared with investigators whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose, including for individual participant data meta-analysis. Proposals should be directed to sandunikanchana92@gmail.com. To gain access, data requesters will need to sign a data access agreement.
Study protocol available
No
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
Brief summary of results