Effectiveness of MBSR Among School Teachers

NCT03886363 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 05032019
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Stress Reduction; Mental Well-being

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in perceived stress among the school teachers

  Perceived Stress Scale

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

• Change in resilience among the school teachers

  Brief Resilience Scale

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

• Change in well-being among the school teachers

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

• Change in mindfulness among the school teachers

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

• Change in resting state among the school teachers

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

• Change in social capital among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers

  post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)

Study Arms (2)

MBSR

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: MBSR

Wait-list control

NO INTERVENTION

Usual practice

Interventions

MBSR BEHAVIORAL

Described previously

MBSR

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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)

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Aarhus: lead

Study Sites (1)

Danish Center for Mindfulness

Aarhus, 8220, Denmark

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Juul L, Bonde EH, Fjorback LO. Altered self-reported resting state mediates the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on mental health: a longitudinal path model analysis within a community-based randomized trial with 6-months follow-up. Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 20;14:1154277. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1154277. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37408978 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Lone Fjorback, PhD

  Aarhus University, Danish Center for Mindfulness

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Lise Juul, PhD, associate professor

CONTACT

+4524619664; lise.juul@clin.au.dk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 21, 2019
• First Posted: March 22, 2019
• Study Start: December 18, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 18, 2020
• Study Completion: December 18, 2020
• Last Updated: March 22, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Locations

DK (1)