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

• Sponsor: University of Aarhus (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT04558008
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 76
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 24
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 3.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stress Reduction; Mental Well-being	Behavioral: Online MBSR	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 76 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single (Investigator)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Among Teachers at Upper Secondary Schools and Schools of Health and Social Care
• Actual Study Start Date: Oct 28, 2019
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Oct 28, 2021
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Oct 28, 2021

Arms and Interventions

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Perceived Stress Scale [6 months from baseline]

   Change in perceived stress among the school teachers

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Perceived Stress Scale [post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) and 12 months from baseline]

   Change in perceived stress among the school teachers

2. Brief Resilience Scale [post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline]

   Change in resilience among the school teachers

3. Symptom Check List - 5 [post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline]

   Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers

4. WHO-5 [post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline]

   Change in well-being among the school teachers

5. Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15 [post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline]

   Change in mindfulness among the school teachers

6. Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire [post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline]

   Change in resting state among the school teachers

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Danish Center for Mindfulness	Aarhus		Denmark	8220

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Aarhus

Investigators

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

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: University of Aarhus
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04558008
• Other Study ID Numbers: 07072020
• First Posted: Sep 22, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Sep 22, 2020
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Yes
• Plan to Share IPD: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 22, 2020