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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
200
Described previously
Danish Center for Mindfulness
Aarhus, Denmark
RECRUITINGChange in perceived stress among the school teachers
Perceived Stress Scale
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in resilience among the school teachers
Brief Resilience Scale
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in symptoms of anxiety and depression among the school teachers
Symptom Check List - 5
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in well-being among the school teachers
WHO-5
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in mindfulness among the school teachers
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-15
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline), 6 and 12 months from baseline
Change in resting state among the school teachers
Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire
Time frame: 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
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in strengths and difficulties among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers
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Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ)
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)
Change in well-being among the pupils spending >5 hours with the teachers
WHO-5
Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline)