Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention for Indonesian Teacher in Rural Area

NCT ID: NCT06125379

Last Updated: 2025-05-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-15
• Study Completion Date: 2025-06-25

Brief Summary

A randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of the brief mindfulness on teachers' perceived stress and their psychological well-being.

Detailed Description

Teacher in early childhood education (ECE) in Indonesia is experiencing high intense stress due to work environment, class management, child behaviour problem, and lack administrative support. Stress has also shown negatively impact their psychological well-being, quality of teaching, and to children's' executive function. Research about stress and the effects on teacher well-being is especially lacking for rural schools. They represent a forgotten minority and thus, teacher from rural area need a prompt and direct support in terms of stress management strategies.

This study employs a randomized wait-list controlled trial design (RCT) with an assessment before and after treatment. 4-weeks brief mindfulness-based protocol will be given to 40 teachers as experimental group. 40 other teachers receive wait-list treatment will assign as control group. Measurement of perceived stress level will be using Indonesian version of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), psychological wellbeing will be measure using Indonesian Well-being Scale (IWS), and mindfulness traits will be measure using Indonesian version of Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Data analysis using MANOVA and ANOVA to measure the differences between groups and within groups for all tests and constructs measured.

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

MindCARE

Group A is an experimental group that will receive mindfulness intervention for 4 consecutive weeks. Group A consists of 2-3 cohorts with 10-15 subjects per cohort.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

brief mindfulness

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The mindfulness intervention protocol in this study is an adaptation of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) protocol with the cultural adaptation suits Indonesia population with addition of Islamic elements (i.e., a series of spiritual approaches) to improve emotional regulation, make sense of their life, be grateful and feel closer to God.

Wait-list control group

Group B is the wait-list control group which did not receive any intervention for 4 weeks.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

brief mindfulness

The mindfulness intervention protocol in this study is an adaptation of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) protocol with the cultural adaptation suits Indonesia population with addition of Islamic elements (i.e., a series of spiritual approaches) to improve emotional regulation, make sense of their life, be grateful and feel closer to God.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

MindCARE (Mindfulness for Compassion and Relieve Stress)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• minimum two years of work experience as early childhood education teacher.
• minimum 25 years of age.
• scoring Moderate (total score 14-26) to High (total score 27-40) perceived stress on PSS-10

Exclusion Criteria

• have received any formal / manualized mindfulness training prior.
• have ever been diagnosed with chronic stress or other related mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, PTSD.
• people with a history or tendency to commit suicide.
• people with addictive substance dependence who are recovering less than one year.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

International Islamic University Malaysia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jamilah HA Khaiyom, Doctoral

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

International Islamic University

Locations

Ahmad Dahlan University

Yogyakarta, , Indonesia

Countries

Indonesia

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

012211183

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id