Effectiveness of MBSR Among Teachers at Upper Secondary Schools and Schools of Health and Social Care

University of Aarhus76 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of online Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction among school teachers in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care on mental well-being in the teachers and their students. The study is a cluster-randomised trial including 43 schools; 76 teachers; 1.000 students.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stress Reduction Mental Well-being

Interventions

Online MBSRBEHAVIORAL

Described previously

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * School teacher at a Danish upper secondary school or school of health and social care that commit to participate in a trial aiming to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness programme. Exclusion Criteria: * acute treatment-demanding clinical depression or a diagnosis of psychosis or schizophrenia * abuse of alcohol, drugs, medicine

Locations (1)

Danish Center for Mindfulness

Aarhus, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Perceived Stress Scale

Change in perceived stress among the school teachers

Time frame: 6 months from baseline

Secondary Outcomes

Perceived Stress Scale

Change in perceived stress among the school teachers

Time frame: post MBSR (8 weeks from baseline) and 12 months from baseline

Brief Resilience Scale

Change in resilience among the school teachers