The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness training programme in schools compared with normal school provision (MYRIAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness training (MT) in enhancing mental health, wellbeing, and social-emotional behavioral functioning in adolescents.
Results Summary
The study design suggests a rigorous evaluation of MT's impact, but specific results are not provided in the abstract. The trial will assess whether MT is effective and cost-effective for promoting mental health in adolescents over a 2-year follow-up.
Population
School students aged 12 to 14 years.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
2 years
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mindfulness training (MT) programme | increase | mental health, wellbeing and social-emotional behavioural functioning | young people | - | enhance | #1 |
mindfulness training (MT) programme | increase | mental health | adolescence | - | promoting | #2 |
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based approaches for adults are effective at enhancing mental health, but few controlled trials have evaluated their effectiveness or cost-effectiveness for young people. The primary aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness training (MT) programme to enhance mental health, wellbeing and social-emotional behavioural functioning in adolescence. METHODS/DESIGN: To address this aim, the design will be a superiority, cluster randomised controlled, parallel-group trial in which schools offering social and emotional provision in line with good practice (Formby et al., Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education: A mapping study of the prevalent models of delivery and their effectiveness, 2010; OFSTED, Not Yet Good Enough: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education in schools, 2013) will be randomised to either continue this provision (control) or include MT in this provision (intervention). The study will recruit and randomise 76 schools (clusters) and 5700 school students aged 12 to 14 years, followed up for 2 years. DISCUSSION: The study will contribute to establishing if MT is an effective and cost-effective approach to promoting mental health in adolescence. TRIALS REGISTRATION: International Standard Randomised Controlled Trials, identifier: ISRCTN86619085 . Registered on 3 June 2016.