Mental Well-being, Stress Reduction
Conditions
Brief 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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMBSR
Described previously
Sponsors
University of Aarhus
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in perceived stress among the school teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | Perceived Stress Scale |
| Change in resilience among the school teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | Brief Resilience Scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in mindfulness among the school teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15 |
| Change in resting state among the school teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire |
| Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | Symptom Check List - 5 |
| Change in strengths and difficulties among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) | Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) |
| Change in well-being among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) | WHO-5 |
| Change in social capital among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) | Questions about social capital |
| Change in well-being among the school teachers | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | WHO-5 |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Primary ContactLise Juul, PhD, associate professor
Outcome results
None listed