Effectiveness of MBSR Among Student Teachers

March 21, 2024 updated by: University of Aarhus

Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Among Student Teachers

The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction among Danish student teachers on their mental well-being. The study is a randomised, controlled trial including 100 teachers.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

67

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
        • Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, 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

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Danish student teacher

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
Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: 2 months from baseline
Change in perceived stress among the student teachers
2 months from baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Brief Resilience Scale Brief Resilience Scale Brief Resilience Scale Brief Resilience Scale
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in resilience among the student teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Symptom Check List - 5
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the student teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
WHO-5
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in well-being among the student teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15
Time Frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in mindfulness among the student teachers
post MBSR (8 weeks 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 student 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

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

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)

September 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 12, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

January 12, 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)

March 22, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2024

Last Verified

July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 08072020

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.

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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