TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness training programme in schools compared with normal school provision (MYRIAD)
T2 - Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
AU - The MYRIAD team
AU - Kuyken, Willem
AU - Nuthall, Elizabeth
AU - Byford, Sarah
AU - Crane, Catherine
AU - Dalgleish, Tim
AU - Ford, Tamsin
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
AU - Ukoumunne, Obioha C.
AU - Viner, Russell M.
AU - Williams, J. Mark G.
AU - Brett, Daniel
AU - Lord, Liz
AU - Palmer, Lucy
AU - Sonley, Anna
AU - Taylor, Laura
AU - Raja, Anam
AU - Casey, Triona
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the wider MYRIAD team to this work. The MYRIAD team comprises Daniel Brett, Liz Lord, Lucy Palmer, Anna Sonley, Laura Taylor, Anam Raja and Triona Casey. OU is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for the South West Peninsula at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health in England.
Funding Information:
This trial is supported by the Wellcome Trust [107496/Z/15/Z]. This research does not fall under the Research Governance Framework in the UK and as such does not formally require a sponsor. The University of Oxford takes responsibility for the research but a sponsorship review by the Clinical Trials and Research Governance team has not been carried out. The sponsor and funders had no role in study design; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of data; writing of the report; or the decision to submit the report for publication. They do not have ultimate authority over any of these activities.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/4/26
Y1 - 2017/4/26
N2 - 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 14years, followed up for 2years. 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.
AB - 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 14years, followed up for 2years. 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.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Depression
KW - Mindfulness
KW - Prevention
KW - Resilience
KW - Schools
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U2 - 10.1186/s13063-017-1917-4
DO - 10.1186/s13063-017-1917-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 28446223
AN - SCOPUS:85018327462
SN - 1745-6215
VL - 18
JO - Trials
JF - Trials
IS - 1
M1 - 194
ER -