Effectiveness of MBSR Among School Teachers

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• Conditions: Stress Reduction; Mental Well-being
• Interventions: Behavioral: MBSR

• Registration Number: NCT03886363
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction among school teachers in Danish schools on mental weii-being in the teachers and their pupils. The study is a cluster-randomised trial including 150 schools; 200 teachers; 4000 pupils from the five geographical regions in Denmark.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-12-18
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-21
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-22
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-18
• Study Completion: 2020-12-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• School teacher at a Danish school that commit to participate in a trial aiming to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of ".b" (a school-based mindfulness programme)

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Exclusion Criteria

• acute treatment-demanding clinical depression or a diagnosis of psychosis or schizophrenia
• abuse of alcohol, drugs, medicine

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
MBSR	MBSR	MBSR according to international standards (2.5 hours group session once a week in 8 weeks; a silence retreat day; and 45-60 minutes homework six days a week). Content in accordance with MBSR curriculum.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in resilience among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Brief Resilience Scale
Change in perceived stress among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Perceived Stress Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in mindfulness among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15
Change in resting state among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire
Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Symptom Check List - 5
Change in social capital among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)	Questions about social capital
Change in well-being among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	WHO-5
Change in well-being among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)	WHO-5
Change in strengths and difficulties among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)	Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Danish Center for Mindfulness; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark