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    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20230801059002N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2023-09-04</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Iran University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Efficacy of the mindfulness and compassion based intervention on marital relationship quality</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Efficacy of the mindfulness and compassion based intervention on marital relationship quality.</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2023-09-23</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>24</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/72047</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Education/Guidance.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Long distant couples.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group: The relationship enhancement intervention based on mindfulness and compassion will be implemented in eight 1-hour weekly sessions for the people of the experimental group on the Skype or Google Meet platform individually and separately. The contents of the sessions include body scanning meditation with yoga, love meditation with a focus on the spouse, sitting with awareness of breathing, practicing gazing at each other, practicing interaction with spouse, investigating obstacles and possibilities of mindfulness. Intervention 2: Control group: It is in the form of a waiting list and during the study, they will not receive any intervention, but after the study, if the intervention is effective, the same sessions as the experimental group will be held for them.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>No - There is not a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for not sharing IPD is There is no publication plan due to possible misuse of raw research data.</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Mojtaba Tashkeh</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>No. 1, Shahid Mansouri St., Niayesh St., Sattar Khan St</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>1445613111</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 6655 1655</telephone>
        <email>tashkeh.m@iums.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Iran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Mojtaba Tashkeh</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>No. 1, Shahid Mansouri St., Niayesh St., Sattar Khan St</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>1445613111</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 6655 1655</telephone>
        <email>tashkeh.m@iums.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Iran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>All married people living in Tehran with their spouses who are away from each other for several days a week or a month.
Having at least middle school education
Not participating in psychotherapy sessions or psychiatric drug treatment at the same time</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>no limit</agemin>
      <agemax>no limit</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Having more than one wife (for men)
Suffering from physical and mental diseases</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code></hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword></hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Behavior</i_code>
      <i_code>N/A</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: The relationship enhancement intervention based on mindfulness and compassion will be implemented in eight 1-hour weekly sessions for the people of the experimental group on the Skype or Google Meet platform individually and separately. The contents of the sessions include body scanning meditation with yoga, love meditation with a focus on the spouse, sitting with awareness of breathing, practicing gazing at each other, practicing interaction with spouse, investigating obstacles and possibilities of mindfulness.</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: It is in the form of a waiting list and during the study, they will not receive any intervention, but after the study, if the intervention is effective, the same sessions as the experimental group will be held for them.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Marital Satisfaction. Timepoint: The evaluation will be done three times before the start of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention, 2 months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Couple Satisfaction Inventory.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Marital Intimacy. Timepoint: The evaluation will be done three times before the start of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention, 2 months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Marital Intimacy Questionnaire.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Trait Mindfulness. Timepoint: The evaluation will be done three times i.e. before the start of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention, 2 months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Five-Faceted  Mindfulness Questionnaire.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Relational Mindfulness. Timepoint: The evaluation will be done three times i.e. before the start of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention, 2 months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Relational Mindfulness Measure.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Sexual Mindfulness. Timepoint: The evaluation will be done three times i.e. before the start of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention, 2 months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Sexual Mindfulness Measure.</sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Iran University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2023-06-17</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Research ethics committees of Iran University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Central Headquarters Building., Iran University of Medical Sciences., Hemat Highway, next to Milad Tower Tehran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
