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

Göteborg University34 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 9 YearsMax age: 14 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Anxiety, depression, anger, disruptive behaviour, self-concept according to Beck Youth Inventories.

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 .

Time frame: Change from Baseline anxiety, depression, anger, disruptive behaviour and self-concept at 2 years.

Resilience.

The investigators used a validated self-rating questionnaire called Resilience Scale 10. Maximum score 40, minimum score 10. Higher values indicate better outcome.

Time frame: Change from Baseline Resilience at 2 years.

Stress.

The investigators used a validated self-rating questionnaire called Stress in Children. Maximum score 92, minimum score 23. Higher values indicate better outcome.

Time frame: Change from Baseline stress at 2 years.

Mindfulness.

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.

Time frame: Change from Baseline mindfulness at 2 years.