Alessandro Sparacio

2 papers in the library · publishing 2023-2025

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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Stress Reduction in Adult Singaporeans: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

JMIR Mental Health August 19, 2025 Alessandro Sparacio, Jonathan Nicholas Davies, Erin Lee et al.

Background: Fully decentralized self-administered mindfulness interventions show promise for stress reduction, but rigorous evaluations of their feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness using both self-report and physiological measures remain limited. In Singapore, where mental health concerns rank as the top health care priority (46%), ahead of cancer (38%) and stress-related issues...

DOI: 10.2196/77793 Full text Mindfulness Humans Feasibility studies Pilot projects +17

Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study

April 17, 2023 Alessandro Sparacio, Hans IJzerman, Ivan Ropovik et al. preprint

Mindfulness witnessed a significant popularity surge in the past decade, especially as digitally self-administered interventions became available at relatively low costs. Yet, it is uncertain whether they effectively help reduce stress. In a pre-registered (OSF:https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UF4JZ; retrospective registration at ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT06308744) multi-site study (Nsites = 37,...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/krbn3 Full text