Two-year Follow-up of a Mindfulness-based Intervention in Children.

A Mindfulness-based Intervention Improves Resilience, Anxiety, Anger and Disruptive Behaviour in Children With Mental Health Problems: A 2-year Follow-up Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04806542

Enrollment

Registered

2021-03-19

Start date

2016-01-29

Completion date

2019-06-20

Last updated

2021-03-19

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Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Brief summary

The primary aim of this study was to determine whether an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention, called Training for Mindfulness and Resilience (TMR), mitigates moderate mental health symptoms and increases resilience during a 2-year follow-up. Methods The participants were 34 schoolchildren in age range of 9-14 years, reporting moderate mental health problems. Participants were randomised into either TMR intervention group (N=22) or control group, receiving best current practice (N=12). The investigators used validated self-rating questionnaires to measure anxiety, depression, anger, disruptive behaviour, self-concept, resilience, stress and mindfulness before treatment with either TMR or control, as well as at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years after treatment period.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTMR-group

A mindfulness-based 8 week program.

BEHAVIORALTreatment as usual

Individual counselling.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Randomized Controlled Study.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

9 Years to 14 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* F32.0 Mild depressive episode * F32.1 Moderate depressive episode * F41 Anxiety disorders * F43 Reactions to stress * F51 Nonorganic sleep disorders * F93 Emotional disorders with onset specific to childhood * F94.8 Other childhood disorders of social functioning * F94.9 Other childhood disorder of social functioning, unspecified

Exclusion criteria

* Ongoing treatment for severe psychiatric disorders (F20-29, F31-F33.3) * Cognitive disorders * Difficulties in understanding Swedish * Neuropsychiatric considerations and diagnosis * Learning disabilities with difficulties in verbal understanding * Ongoing parental conflict in conjunction with separation/divorce. * Attending less than 5 of the 8 sessions of the TMR program.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anxiety, depression, anger, disruptive behaviour, self-concept according to Beck Youth Inventories.	Change from Baseline anxiety, depression, anger, disruptive behaviour and self-concept at 2 years.	The investigators used validated self-rating questionnaires called Beck Youth Inventories. Maximum score 300, minimum score 0. Higher values indicate worse outcome except on subscale measuring self-concept where higher score indicate better outcome .
Resilience.	Change from Baseline Resilience at 2 years.	The investigators used a validated self-rating questionnaire called Resilience Scale 10. Maximum score 40, minimum score 10. Higher values indicate better outcome.
Stress.	Change from Baseline stress at 2 years.	The investigators used a validated self-rating questionnaire called Stress in Children. Maximum score 92, minimum score 23. Higher values indicate better outcome.
Mindfulness.	Change from Baseline mindfulness at 2 years.	The investigators used a validated self-rating questionnaire called Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). Maximum score 40, minimum score 0. Higher values indicate better outcome.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026