Effectiveness of MBSR Among School Teachers

Mental Well-being Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Among Danish School Teachers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03886363
• Other study ID #: 05032019
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 18, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 18, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: Lise Juul, PhD, associate professor
• Phone: +4524619664
• Email: lise.juul[@]clin.au.dk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: December 18, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 18, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Well-being
• Stress Reduction

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 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	Change in perceived stress among the school teachers	Perceived Stress Scale	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Primary	Change in resilience among the school teachers	Brief Resilience Scale	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers	Symptom Check List - 5	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Change in well-being among the school teachers	WHO-5	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Change in mindfulness among the school teachers	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Change in resting state among the school teachers	Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Secondary	Change in social capital among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers	Questions about social capital	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Secondary	Change in strengths and difficulties among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers	Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ)	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Secondary	Change in well-being among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers	WHO-5	post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)