Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of universal school-based mindfulness training compared with normal school provision in reducing risk of mental health problems and promoting well-being in adolescence : the MYRIAD cluster randomised controlled trial

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BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews suggest school-based mindfulness training (SBMT) shows promise in promoting student mental health.

OBJECTIVE: The My Resilience in Adolescence (MYRIAD) Trial evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of SBMT compared with teaching-as-usual (TAU).

METHODS: MYRIAD was a parallel group, cluster-randomised controlled trial. Eighty-five eligible schools consented and were randomised 1:1 to TAU (43 schools, 4232 students) or SBMT (42 schools, 4144 students), stratified by school size, quality, type, deprivation and region. Schools and students (mean (SD); age range=12.2 (0.6); 11-14 years) were broadly UK population-representative. Forty-three schools (n=3678 pupils; 86.9%) delivering SBMT, and 41 schools (n=3572; 86.2%) delivering TAU, provided primary end-point data. SBMT comprised 10 lessons of psychoeducation and mindfulness practices. TAU comprised standard social-emotional teaching. Participant-level risk for depression, social-emotional-behavioural functioning and well-being at 1 year follow-up were the co-primary outcomes. Secondary and economic outcomes were included.

FINDINGS: Analysis of 84 schools (n=8376 participants) found no evidence that SBMT was superior to TAU at 1 year. Standardised mean differences (intervention minus control) were: 0.005 (95% CI -0.05 to 0.06) for risk for depression; 0.02 (-0.02 to 0.07) for social-emotional-behavioural functioning; and 0.02 (-0.03 to 0.07) for well-being. SBMT had a high probability of cost-effectiveness (83%) at a willingness-to-pay threshold of £20 000 per quality-adjusted life year. No intervention-related adverse events were observed.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings do not support the superiority of SBMT over TAU in promoting mental health in adolescence.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: There is need to ask what works, for whom and how, as well as considering key contextual and implementation factors.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current controlled trials ISRCTN86619085. This research was funded by the Wellcome Trust (WT104908/Z/14/Z and WT107496/Z/15/Z).

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Evidence-based mental health - (2022) vom: 12. Juli

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Englisch

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Kuyken, Willem [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Crane, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Ganguli, Poushali [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Montero-Marin, Jesus [VerfasserIn]
Nuthall, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Raja, Anam [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Tudor, Kate [VerfasserIn]
Viner, Russell M [VerfasserIn]
Allwood, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Aukland, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Dunning, Darren [VerfasserIn]
Casey, Tríona [VerfasserIn]
Dalrymple, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
De Wilde, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Farley, Eleanor-Rose [VerfasserIn]
Harper, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Kappelmann, Nils [VerfasserIn]
Kempnich, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Lord, Liz [VerfasserIn]
Medlicott, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Petit, Ariane [VerfasserIn]
Philips, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Pryor-Nitsch, Isobel [VerfasserIn]
Radley, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Sonley, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Shackleford, Jem [VerfasserIn]
Tickell, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne [VerfasserIn]
Team, The Myriad [VerfasserIn]
Ukoumunne, Obioha C [VerfasserIn]
Greenberg, Mark T [VerfasserIn]
Ford, Tamsin [VerfasserIn]
Dalgleish, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Byford, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Williams, J Mark G [VerfasserIn]

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Child & adolescent psychiatry
Depression & mood disorders
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Date Revised 16.02.2024

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10.1136/ebmental-2021-300396

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