A Trauma-Informed Intervention for Positive Youth Development and Teacher Wellness in Rural Montana

NCT ID: NCT05085392

Last Updated: 2023-07-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-24

Study Completion Date

2022-03-08

Brief Summary

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"A Trauma-Informed Intervention for Positive Youth Development and Teacher Wellness in Rural Montana" is intended to help mitigate stressors that may contribute to poor behavioral and mental health in rural Montana teachers. The immediate goals of this study is to promote student health by supporting teacher wellbeing through a remotely-delivered trauma-informed yoga intervention.

Detailed Description

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Project Summary: "A Trauma-Informed Intervention for Positive Youth Development and Teacher Wellness in Rural Montana" is intended to help mitigate stressors that may contribute to poor behavioral and mental health in rural Montana teachers. The immediate goal of this study is to promote student health by supporting teacher wellbeing through a remotely-delivered trauma-informed yoga intervention.

Specific Aim: Expansion of previous pilot study to teachers in the southwestern Montana school district.

Methods: To explore scalability to rural communities without access to yoga instructors, we will implement a limited feasibility study of online yoga delivery to classroom teachers. This study will enroll a minimum 30 Livingston teachers (taught trauma-informed yoga via Zoom), twice weekly for 45-minute trauma-informed yoga sessions during the 6-week intervention period. No participants were assigned to the "No Intervention" arm. To measure physical health outcomes, pre, mid-, and post-intervention cortisol testing will be utilized to evaluate any changes in teacher stress levels before and after the program. Heart rate variability will also be assessed for teachers pre, mid-, and post-intervention using the HeartMath Inner Balance PPG sensor and Em Wave Pro Plus software. To assess behavioral health, pre- and post-survey instruments will collect targeted wellness/mental health data from teachers. An Adverse Childhood Experience Self-Reporting Screener will also be given to participants to establish a baseline of exposure to childhood trauma, which is closely correlated with health outcomes. Teachers will also complete the Teachers' Sense of Self Efficacy Survey and the Professional Quality of Life Index, which are linked to teacher mental health, retention, and career satisfaction.

Conditions

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Depression, Anxiety Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental Group Yoga

35 rural teachers in a southwestern Montana school district participating in a trauma-informed yoga intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Trauma-Informed Yoga

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

6 weeks of twice weekly trauma-informed yoga for 45 minutes per session

No Intervention

No participants were assigned to the No Intervention Arm

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Trauma-Informed Yoga

6 weeks of twice weekly trauma-informed yoga for 45 minutes per session

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Any teacher currently employed by the Livingston school district who wishes to participate in the intervention (up to 35 participants)

Exclusion Criteria

* Only teachers will be considered for this study (i.e., no school staff, administrators, etc.)
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Montana State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lauren Davis

Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Alexandra Adams, MD, Ph.D

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Montana State University

Locations

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Park High School

Livingston, Montana, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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P20GM104417

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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MontanaSUYear3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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