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

September 16, 2020 updated by: University of Aarhus

Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Among Teachers at Upper Secondary Schools and Schools of Health and Social Care

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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

76

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
        • Danish Center for Mindfulness

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 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.

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
Experimental: 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.
Behavioral: Online MBSR
Described previously
No Intervention: Wait-list control
Usual practice

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: 6 months from baseline
Change in perceived stress among the school teachers
6 months from baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) and 12 months from baseline
Change in perceived stress among the school teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) and 12 months from baseline
Brief Resilience Scale
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in resilience among the school teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Symptom Check List - 5
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
WHO-5
Time Frame: 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
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15
Time Frame: 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
Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire
Time Frame: 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

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, MD, 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)

October 28, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

October 28, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 28, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 16, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 16, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

September 22, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 22, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 16, 2020

Last Verified

July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 07072020

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

IPD Plan Description

Individual deidentified participant data will be shared by reasonable request, following publication of planned papers.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • Study Protocol
  • Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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