Stress Clinical Trial
Official title:
Optimizing Stress Management in College Students
Verified date | March 2024 |
Source | Wake Forest University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
Stress is defined as a response to one's evaluation of physical, emotional, or environmental challenges or demands. While the experience of stress is common, chronic exposure to high levels of stress is associated with a host of negative interrelated psychological, physiological, and behavioral outcomes. Mental health problems such as anxiety and depression have a high correlation with stress. In addition, chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease are also thought to be related to stress. For instance, research shows that stress increases blood lipids by changing cholesterol levels eventually leading to arterial thrombosis and stroke. While stress affects individuals across their lifespan, college students face a unique combination of academic and life challenges that exacerbate their experience of stress, making them highly susceptible to high levels of stress. Additionally, technological advances such as social media can be a source of chronic stress for many. As exposure to high levels of persistent stress is likely to predispose young adults to a lifetime of poor health and unhealthy behaviors, this is especially imperative in finding low impact and attainable methods of stress management for this population. Although a significant body of literature has addressed stress reduction techniques, most studies to date focus on intervention effects that accumulate over months of exposure, with many stress management programs lasting at minimum of 8 weeks. Previous research has found that interventions employing yoga, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), and deep breathing exercise (DBE) significantly reduce stress levels. The relationship between yoga and stress reduction has been especially consistent across studies. It has been suggested that mindfulness may be the active agent in such programs. Intriguingly, Fountain et al., (2019) found a single 20-minute yoga session significantly decreased stress levels in college students. This raises the question of whether yoga, PMR, and/or DBE require repeated exposure to provide helpful stress-reducing effects, or whether benefits may be obtained in a single session. If so, college students who are unable to commit to an 8-week program will still benefit tremendously from a toolbox of stress reduction techniques, especially during high-stress periods (e.g., finals). The purpose of this study is to examine whether an acute bout of yoga, PMR, and DBE, delivered alone and in combination, are feasible and acceptable components in a single-session stress-reduction program for college students, and to explore initial effects on stress. We will use an efficient factorial design to gather data on the feasibility and acceptability of each of these three components, and to explore the initial main effects on stress.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 46 |
Est. completion date | December 31, 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | March 31, 2023 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 24 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Undergraduate college students - Aged 18 -24 years - Capable of engaging in physical activity as assessed via the physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q+) - Willing to provide consent and attend a single stress intervention session lasting up to 60 minutes - Agree to all study procedures and assessments Exclusion Criteria: - Outside of 18-24 years of age - Unable to safely engage in physical activity - Not an undergraduate student at Wake Forest University - Unwilling to complete study procedures |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | North Carolina |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Wake Forest University |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Recruitment Yield | Number consented/number contacted | Baseline | |
Primary | Completion Rate | Number completed/number consented | The day following the session | |
Primary | Acceptability of the intervention as assessed by survey | Feedback survey of aspects of the program participants enjoyed and disliked | End of session | |
Secondary | Perceived acceptability of the intervention package as assessed by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) | A 4-item survey assessing perceived acceptability of a combination of intervention components | End of session | |
Secondary | Perceived feasibility of delivering the intervention as assessed by the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) | A 4-item survey assessing perceived feasibility of a combination of intervention components | End of session | |
Secondary | Perceived appropriateness of the intervention package as assessed by the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) | A 4-item survey assessing perceived appropriateness of a combination of intervention components | End of session | |
Secondary | Perceived Stress | The Perceived Stress Scale: A 10-item scale assessing the participants' perceived stress with final scores falling between 0 and 40 such that higher scores reflect more stress. | Pre-intervention, immediately preceding the single intervention session, immediately after completing the single intervention session, and 1 day after the single intervention session | |
Secondary | Positive and negative affect | The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): An 20-item assessment of both positive and negative affect. The final scores are given on two subscales (positive affect and negative affect) ranging from 10-50 such that lower scores represent less of the affective state (i.e., less positive or negative affect) and 50 representing more of the affective state (i.e., more positive or negative affect). | Pre-intervention, immediately preceding the single intervention session, immediately after completing the single intervention session, and 1 day after the single intervention session |
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