On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care
Abstract Background Mental health is decreasing among young people in Denmark. Our primary aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness as part of regular classroom teaching in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care on studen...
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| description | Abstract Background Mental health is decreasing among young people in Denmark. Our primary aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness as part of regular classroom teaching in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care on students’ self-reported mental well-being 6 months from baseline. Secondary aims are (1) to evaluate the effectiveness in a vulnerable subgroup as well as in the total population of students 3 and 6 months from baseline using other outcome measures on mental health and (2) to investigate the facilitators and barriers among teachers to implement mindfulness in schools. Methods This pragmatic cluster-randomised two-arm superiority trial includes 30 upper secondary schools, 13 schools of health and social care, 76 teachers, and approximately 1100 students aged 16 to 24 years. Our intervention is multi-level and consists of (a) a teacher training programme and (b) a mindfulness programme delivered to students. Students in control schools receive education as usual. Our primary study population is the total population of students. The primary outcome is changes in the short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS). We also evaluate the effectiveness in a vulnerable subgroup (the 15% with the lowest SWEMWBS score), as well as in the total population of students 3 and 6 months from baseline using other outcome measures on mental health. Data will be analysed using repeated measurement models taking clusters into account. Facilitators and barriers among teachers to implement mindfulness in schools will be investigated through qualitative focus group interviews. Discussion The trial will estimate the effectiveness of a population-based strategy on mental health in Danish young people enrolled in education. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04610333 . Registered on October 10 2020. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dca632d1979544d9bbbbc251420b3e422023-01-08T12:20:12ZengBMCTrials1745-62152023-01-012411910.1186/s13063-022-06920-7On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social careMichelle Sand Beck0Lise Juul1Morten Frydenberg2Lone Overby Fjorback3Department of Clinical Medicine, Danish Center for Mindfulness, Aarhus UniversityDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Danish Center for Mindfulness, Aarhus UniversityMFStat, AarhusDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Danish Center for Mindfulness, Aarhus UniversityAbstract Background Mental health is decreasing among young people in Denmark. Our primary aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness as part of regular classroom teaching in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care on students’ self-reported mental well-being 6 months from baseline. Secondary aims are (1) to evaluate the effectiveness in a vulnerable subgroup as well as in the total population of students 3 and 6 months from baseline using other outcome measures on mental health and (2) to investigate the facilitators and barriers among teachers to implement mindfulness in schools. Methods This pragmatic cluster-randomised two-arm superiority trial includes 30 upper secondary schools, 13 schools of health and social care, 76 teachers, and approximately 1100 students aged 16 to 24 years. Our intervention is multi-level and consists of (a) a teacher training programme and (b) a mindfulness programme delivered to students. Students in control schools receive education as usual. Our primary study population is the total population of students. The primary outcome is changes in the short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS). We also evaluate the effectiveness in a vulnerable subgroup (the 15% with the lowest SWEMWBS score), as well as in the total population of students 3 and 6 months from baseline using other outcome measures on mental health. Data will be analysed using repeated measurement models taking clusters into account. Facilitators and barriers among teachers to implement mindfulness in schools will be investigated through qualitative focus group interviews. Discussion The trial will estimate the effectiveness of a population-based strategy on mental health in Danish young people enrolled in education. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04610333 . Registered on October 10 2020.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06920-7Pragmatic clinical trialMental healthSchool-based interventionMindfulness-based stress reductionMBSRMindfulness |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Sand Beck Lise Juul Morten Frydenberg Lone Overby Fjorback On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care Trials Pragmatic clinical trial Mental health School-based intervention Mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR Mindfulness |
| title | On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care |
| title_full | On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care |
| title_fullStr | On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care |
| title_full_unstemmed | On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care |
| title_short | On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care |
| title_sort | on top of everything a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care |
| topic | Pragmatic clinical trial Mental health School-based intervention Mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR Mindfulness |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06920-7 |
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