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

Mental Well-being Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04558008
• Other study ID #: 07072020
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 28, 2019
• Est. completion date: October 28, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 76
• Est. completion date: October 28, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 28, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Well-being
• Stress Reduction

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online MBSR
Described previously

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Danish Center for Mindfulness	Aarhus

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Aarhus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale	Change in perceived stress among the school teachers	6 months from baseline
Secondary	Perceived Stress Scale	Change in perceived stress among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Brief Resilience Scale	Change in resilience among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Symptom Check List - 5	Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	WHO-5	Change in well-being among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15	Change in mindfulness among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire	Change in resting state among the school teachers	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline