Effectiveness of MBSR Among School Teachers

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Among Danish School Teachers

Conditions
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Stress Reduction, Mental Well-being

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: MBSR


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: MBSR<br>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: MBSR<br>* Described previously<br>|
| No Intervention: Wait-list control<br>Usual practice | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in perceived stress among the school teachers | Perceived Stress Scale | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | 
| Change in resilience among the school teachers | Brief Resilience Scale | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 
| Change in well-being among the school teachers | WHO-5 | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | 
| Change in mindfulness among the school teachers | Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15 | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | 
| Change in resting state among the school teachers | Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline | 
| Change in social capital among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers | Questions about social capital | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) | 
| 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) | 
| Change in well-being among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers | WHO-5 | post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) |