Psychological State of Students of Health Sciences During COVID-19

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychological State of University Students of Health Sciences During COVID-19

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04769284
• Other study ID #: Mental health student
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 12, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 21, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

University students report high levels of stress, anxiety and depression every year, which, according to some research, responsible for university administration and popular media, constitutes a global crisis of mental health of students at these levels.

Exposure to academic stress directly compromises students' motivation and attitudes towards learning.

High levels of perceived distress in the face of inadequate resources to deal with the situation leaves people at risk of developing major psychiatric problems, especially when this distress is prolonged or severe.

Description:

Main goal:Study the impact of socio-demographic, personal and health factors that determine the performance / perception of pandemic stress) in students of Bachelor's degrees in Health Sciences.

Secondary objectives:

• Analyze the relationship between socio-demographic and personal characteristics and the perception of stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Identify the relationship between the perception of stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of gender / physical activity and the academic performance of undergraduate students in Health Sciences.

Methodology All variables will be obtained only once by means of a survey through google form. The questionnaire will be disseminated to all students of the degrees, by institutional email, through direct contact with the delegates of each course. After the first two weeks, a reminder will be made following the same routes. There will be no follow-up.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 332
• Est. completion date: February 21, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 20, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students of the degree of nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy belonging to the Faculty of Health Sciences

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not belonging to any degree in Health Sciences of the Faculty of Health Sciences

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Covid19
• Depression
• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Other:
• Mental health student
An ad-hoc questionnaire was designed that included sociodemographic variables related to the characteristics of the students. The variables sex, age, degree, employment situation, coexistence situation, economic situation, origin environment, country of origin, time of residence in the Spanish State were collected. Personal variables: Gender stereotypes: Short version of the Bem Sex Rol Inventory (BRSI). International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) Abbreviated Goldberg Anxiety Scale EADG Modified version of EPP-10 related to COVID-19 (EPP-10-C)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Faculty of Health Sciences. Zaragoza's University	Zaragoza

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yolanda Marcen Roman	Universidad de Zaragoza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (7)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Sociodemographic variables	An ad-hoc questionnaire was designed that included sociodemographic variables related to the characteristics of the students. The variables sex, age, qualification, employment situation, coexistence situation, economic situation, origin environment, country of origin were collected.	4 minutes
Primary	Modified version of EPP-10 related to COVID-19 (EPP-10-C)	EEP-10-C; modified version of the 10-item perceived stress scale (EEP-10), it is also composed of 10 items; each offers 5 response options: never, almost never, occasionally, almost always, and always. Items 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10 are scored directly from 0 to 4 and items 4, 5, 7 and 8, conversely, from 4 to 0	3 minutes
Primary	Abbreviated Goldberg Anxiety Scale EADG	It examines four fundamental psychiatric areas: depression, anxiety, social inadequacy, and hypochondria. It contains 9 questions and the cut-off points are equal to or greater than 4 for the anxiety scale, and equal to or greater than 2 for the depression scale.	3 minutes
Secondary	Gender stereotypes: Short version of the Bem Sex Rol Inventory (BRSI).	The 12-item questionnaire collected 6 instrumental or masculine items (strong personality, acts as a leader, has the character of a leader, dominant personality, defender of their beliefs and makes decisions easily), and 6 expressive or feminine items (tender, gentle, warm, affectionate, understanding and sensitive to the needs of others). People answered each of the questions about their self-perception, using a 7-point Likert-type scale	4 minutes
Secondary	Short International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)	The IPAQ consists of 7 questions about the frequency, duration and intensity of activity (moderate and intense) carried out in the last seven days, as well as walking and sitting time in a work day.; Reference Mets values are: walking 3.3 Mets, moderate physical activity: 4 Mets, vigorous physical activity: 8 Mets.	4 minutes