Promoting mental health and well-being in schools: examining mindfulness, relaxation and strategies for safety and well-being in English primary and secondary schools—study protocol for a multi-school, cluster randomised controlled trial (INSPIRE)
Daniel Hayes,
Anna Moore,
Emily Stapley,
Neil Humphrey,
Rosie Mansfield,
Joao Santos,
Emma Ashworth,
Praveetha Patalay,
Eva-Maria Bonin,
Sara Evans-Lacko,
Bettina Moltrecht,
Kirsty Nisbet,
Emma Thornton,
Aurelie Lange,
Paul Stallard,
Abigail Thompson,
Jan Rasmus Boehnke,
Jessica Deighton
Affiliations
Daniel Hayes
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Anna Moore
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Emily Stapley
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Neil Humphrey
Institute of Education, The University of Manchester
Rosie Mansfield
Institute of Education, The University of Manchester
Joao Santos
Institute of Education, The University of Manchester
Emma Ashworth
Institute of Education, The University of Manchester
Praveetha Patalay
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London
Eva-Maria Bonin
Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science
Sara Evans-Lacko
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), London School of Economics and Political Science
Bettina Moltrecht
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Kirsty Nisbet
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Emma Thornton
Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester
Aurelie Lange
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Paul Stallard
Department for Health, University of Bath
Abigail Thompson
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Jan Rasmus Boehnke
School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Dundee
Jessica Deighton
Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), University College London and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF)
Abstract There are increasing rates of internalising difficulties, particularly anxiety and depression, being reported in children and young people in England. School-based universal prevention programmes are thought to be one way of helping tackle such difficulties. This paper describes an update to a four-arm cluster randomised controlled trial ( http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN16386254 ), investigating the effectiveness of three different interventions when compared to usual provision, in English primary and secondary pupils. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial was put on hold and subsequently prolonged. Data collection will now run until 2024. The key changes to the trial outlined here include clarification of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, an amended timeline reflecting changes to the recruitment period of the trial due to the COVID-19 pandemic and clarification of the data that will be included in the statistical analysis, since the second wave of the trial was disrupted due to COVID-19. Trial registration ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN16386254. Registered on 30 August 2018.