Promoting mental wellbeing in schools using mindfulness, relaxation and strategies for safety and wellbeing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental health and wellbeing; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16386254
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36959662/ (added 27/03/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-09-04
• Study Completion: 2024-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2 September 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28504

Inclusion Criteria

Primary schools:
1. Willing to deliver an intervention to one or two year four classes, and one or two year five classes

Secondary schools:
1. Willing to deliver an intervention to three year seven classes and three year eight classes

All schools:
Current inclusion criteria as of 30/08/2019:
1. Willing to be allocated to Mindfulness, Relaxation, Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing or continue with usual provision.
2. Willing to allocate five minutes per day for young people to practice mindfulness and relaxation skills for the spring term
3. Willing to allocate eight one hours lessons to deliver the Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing programme over the spring term.
4. Able to attend training in one of locations described above
5. Able to send teachers of delivery groups to training after October half term 2018/2019
6. Sign a MOU, data sharing agreement and provide pupil lists to the research team

Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Willing to be allocated to Mindfulness, Relaxation, Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing or continue with usual provision.
2. Willing to allocate ten minutes per day for young people to practice mindfullness and relaxation skills for the spring term
3. Willing to allocate eight one hours lessons to deliver the Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing programme over the spring term.
4. Within the area of either London, Birmingham and the Midlands, Bristol, Bath and Somerset, Durham and the North East or Manchester
5. Able to send teachers of delivery groups to training after October half term 2018/2019
6. Sign a MOU, data sharing agreement and provide pupil lists to the research team

Pupils:
1. Be in year groups 4, 5, 7 or 8
2. Parental consent and young person assent provided

Exclusion Criteria

Schools:
1. Pupil referral units (PRU)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Current primary outcome measures as of 30/08/2019:<br>Mindfulness and Relaxation Interventions:<br>1. Emotional difficulties will be measured using the online Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (Angold, 1995) at baseline, 3-6 months and 9-12 months post intervention<br><br>Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing intervention:<br>1. Intended help seeking will be collected online and measured at baseline, 3-6 months, and 9-12 months post intervention. General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2011) <br><br>Previous primary outcome measures:<br>Mindfulness and Relaxation Interventions:<br>1. Emotional difficulties will be measured using the online Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (Angold, 1995) at baseline, 6 months and 12 months post intervention<br><br>Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing intervention:<br>1. Intended help seeking will be collected online and measured at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months post intervention. General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2011)