Health, Integration, Concentration: Mindfulness in Schools

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Mindfulness training for teacher and children of primary schools. Blinded and controlled study design. Burnout as primary outcome for teacher and classroom behavior for children.

Official Title
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Gesundheit, Integration, Konzentration: Achtsamkeitsbasierte Stabilisierung Von LehrerInnen Und SchülerInnen

Conditions
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Mindfulness, Child Development, Burnout Syndrome

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: reading ability positive declaration of consent Exclusion Criteria: -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 8 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

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
Interventional Model Description: Note: Either teacher and pupils are included in this study. We anticipate a number of 100 teacher and 500 pupils participating. Data from teacher and pupils will be analyzed separately.
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention<br>One school semester MBSR training for teacher; followed by one school semester mindfulness training for children and one school semester follow-up period. | Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction<br> <br> * Other names: MBSR;|
| Other: Waitlist<br>One school semester waitlist; followed by one school semester MBSR training for teacher and one school semester MBSR training for children. | Behavioral: Mindfulness based stress reduction<br> <br> * Other names: MBSR;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Burnout (Teacher) assessed with the Burnout-Screening-Scale | Burnout-Screening-Scale (Change from baseline) | Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month) | 
| Classroom climate pupils | Emotional and social school experience questionnaire (Change from baseline) | Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stress and Anxiety (Teacher) assessed with the Stress and Anxiety Inventory | Stress and Anxiety Inventory for teacher (Change from baseline) | Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month) | 
| Mindfulness (Teacher) assessed with the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory | Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Change from baseline) | Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month) | 
| Concentration (pupils) assessed with a d2-Concentration assessment tool | d2-Concentration assessment tool (Change from baseline) | Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month) | 
| Health-related Quality of Life (pupils) assessed with the Kidscreen-10 | Kidscreen-10 (Change from baseline) | Baseline; Timepoint 1 (4 month); Timepoint 2 (12 month); Timepoint 3 (16 month) | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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MBSR, Children, Teacher, School, Burnout, Classroom behavior