Effectiveness of MBSR Among School Teachers

March 21, 2019 updated by: University of Aarhus

Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Among Danish School Teachers

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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Denmark
      • Aarhus, Denmark, 8220
        • Recruiting
        • Danish Center for Mindfulness
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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)

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Wait-list control
Usual practice
Experimental: 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.
Behavioral: MBSR
Described previously

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in perceived stress among the school teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Perceived Stress Scale
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in resilience among the school teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Brief Resilience Scale
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Symptom Check List - 5
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in well-being among the school teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
WHO-5
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in mindfulness among the school teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in resting state among the school teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire
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
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Questions about social capital
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in strengths and difficulties among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ)
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in well-being among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
WHO-5
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Aarhus

Investigators

  • Study Director: Lone Fjorback, PhD, Aarhus University, Danish Center for Mindfulness

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 18, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 18, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 18, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 21, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

March 22, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 22, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2019

Last Verified

March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 05032019

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Subscribe