Health, Integration, Concentration: Mindfulness in Schools

NCT03141229 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 16-6998-BO
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Mindfulness training for teacher and children of primary schools. Blinded and controlled study design. Burnout as primary outcome for teacher and classroom behavior for children.

Conditions

Mindfulness; Child Development; Burnout Syndrome

Keywords

MBSR; Children; Teacher; School; Burnout; Classroom behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Burnout (Teacher) assessed with the Burnout-Screening-Scale

  Burnout-Screening-Scale (Change from baseline)

  Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month)

• Classroom climate pupils

  Emotional and social school experience questionnaire (Change from baseline)

  Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Stress and Anxiety (Teacher) assessed with the Stress and Anxiety Inventory

  Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month)

• Mindfulness (Teacher) assessed with the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory

  Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month)

• Concentration (pupils) assessed with a d2-Concentration assessment tool

  Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month)

• Health-related Quality of Life (pupils) assessed with the Kidscreen-10

  Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month)

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

One school semester MBSR training for teacher; followed by one school semester mindfulness training for children and one school semester follow-up period.

Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction

Waitlist

OTHER

One school semester waitlist; followed by one school semester MBSR training for teacher and one school semester MBSR training for children.

Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction

Interventions

Mindfulness based stress reduction BEHAVIORAL

Also known as: MBSR

Intervention; Waitlist

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• reading ability
• positive declaration of consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universität Duisburg-Essen: lead
• Ministerium für Schule und Weiterbildung, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen: collaborator
• Ministerium für Gesundheit, Emanzipation, Pflege und Alter, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Schulamt Stadt Solingen

Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 42697, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mindfulness; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Gustav Dobos, MD

  Universität Duisburg-Essen, Medizinische Fakultät, Klinik für Naturheilkunde und Integrative Medizin

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of research

Model Details: Note: Either teacher and pupils are included in this study. We anticipate a number of 100 teacher and 500 pupils participating. Data from teacher and pupils will be analyzed separately.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2017
• First Posted: May 5, 2017
• Study Start: December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2018
• Study Completion: March 1, 2019
• Last Updated: March 24, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)