title: Effectiveness of Mindfulness Intervention on Psychological Behaviors Among Adolescents With Parental HIV Infection: A Group-Randomized Controlled Trial.
abstract: This study aims to identify the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention on the psychological behaviors of adolescents with parental HIV infection and its associated factors in Myanmar. A total of 80 adolescents from 2 intervention townships and 80 adolescents from 2 control townships were enrolled in a group randomized controlled trial with assessments at baseline and 6 months follow-up. The mindfulness intervention involved monthly group sessions for 3 consecutive months led by an experienced mindfulness trainer. Three domains of psychological behaviors-namely, emotional, conduct, and social behaviors-were assessed at baseline and compared after 6 months. Multilevel regression analysis was used to determine the effectiveness of the intervention and associated factors for psychological behaviors. The intervention significantly improved emotional and conduct behaviors at 6 months (P < .001) but had no effect on social behavior. The significant effect of the intervention existed after adjusting for gender, family type, child age, and orphan status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar mmyomon@gmail.com.|Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
authors.forename: Myo-Myo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mon
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
authors.forename: Tippawan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liabsuetrakul
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar.
authors.forename: Kyaw-Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Htut
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064866:Mindfulness; D055361:Multilevel Analysis; D002052:Myanmar; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: adolescent health; mindfulness; parental HIV infection; psychological behaviors