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Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mindfulness
Mental Health
Stress
Youth
Interventions
Behavioral: Modified MBSR programme
Registration Number
NCT04610333
Lead Sponsor
University of Aarhus
Brief Summary

Our primary aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness as part of regular classroom teaching in the total population of students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care, respectively, on students' self-reported mental health at six-month follow-up.

Our secondary aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of the teacher training programme to teach mindfulness in a vulnerable subgroup of students on their self-reported mental health at three and six months after baseline.

Detailed Description

The study is designed as a pragmatic cluster randomised two-arm trial including 43 Danish schools (30 upper secondary schools and 13 schools of health and social care). The schools included a total of 76 school teachers for teacher training (44 teachers from upper secondary schools and 32 teachers from schools of health and social care). Each included teacher will be asked to recruit a class of students (15-30 students) to test the effectiveness of the modified MBSR programme (in total approx. 1.000 students).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
992
Inclusion Criteria
  • All students in the enrolled school classes
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Exclusion Criteria
  • None
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
School teacher trainingModified MBSR programmeTeacher training programme: * 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. * Four-day residental course * 3 x 2 seminar days Modified MBSR programme delivered to the students: - 1hour group session once a week in 10 weeks taught by the educated teachers on class
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS) - The short versionSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) - The short form versionSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Three-Item Loneliness Scale (T-ILS)Six months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Experiences Questionnaire (EQ) - Decentering subscaleSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS) - The short versionThree months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) - The youth self-report versionSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Perseived Stress ScaleSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)Six months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

EQ-5DSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire - Modified versionSix months after baseline

Change in the score among the total study population

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Danish Center for Mindfulness

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Aarhus, Brabrand, Denmark

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