Effectiveness of MBSR Among Teachers at Upper Secondary Schools and Schools of Health and Social Care

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

• Registration Number: NCT04558008
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of online Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction among school teachers in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care on mental well-being in the teachers and their students. The study is a cluster-randomised trial including 43 schools; 76 teachers; 1.000 students.

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: 2019-10-28
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-09-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-22
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-22
• Primary Completion: 2021-10-28
• Study Completion: 2021-10-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

• School teacher at a Danish upper secondary school or school of health and social care that commit to participate in a trial aiming to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of 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
Online MBSR	Online 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
Perceived Stress Scale	6 months from baseline	Change in perceived stress among the school teachers

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Brief Resilience Scale	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Change in resilience among the school teachers
Symptom Check List - 5	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Change in mindfulness among the school teachers
Perceived Stress Scale	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) and 12 months from baseline	Change in perceived stress among the school teachers
WHO-5	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Change in well-being among the school teachers
Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline	Change in resting state among the school teachers

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Danish Center for Mindfulness; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark