Stress Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Impact of Green Spaces on the General Well-being and Stress of Students: an Intervention Study
The number of students with psychological problems is on the rise, due to a combination of increasing performance pressure, high expectations, difficulties handling stress, social pressure, and studying. Spending time in a green space has been shown to have positive effects on the mental and general health. This project aims to alleviate the symptoms of mental fatigue and stress related disorders such as burn out in students by offering a nature-based activity. Participants are asked to take a thirty-minute walk in a nature-based area for five consecutive days, followed by a control period (regular schedule of the participant) for five days, or vice versa. The investigators test stress-related parameters including concentration tests, cognitive tests, cortisol levels, and cardiovascular measurements.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 50 |
Est. completion date | December 31, 2022 |
Est. primary completion date | December 30, 2022 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Student of Hasselt university or university college PXL and dutch speaking Exclusion Criteria: - |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Belgium | Hasselt University | Hasselt | Limburg |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Hasselt University |
Belgium,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | General health | An questionnaire is used to collect sociodemographic data and life-style factors, including movement data and health of the participant | 5 minutes | |
Primary | Stress levels | Assessed via questionnaires (the burn out assessment tool (score 1-5) and general health questionnaire (score 0-12) and Five Item Well Being Index (score 0-100). Scores are used as continuous variables. Lower scores represent a lower risk of burn out, higher scores represent a higher risk of burnout. The score is constructed from questions concerning exhaustion, mental distance, emotional disorder(s), and cognitive disorder(s). | 10 minutes | |
Primary | cortisol level (stress levels) | Assessed by salivary cortisol levels. Scale is µg/dl and used as a continuous variable. | 5 minutes | |
Primary | visual memory | Computerized tests (eye-tracking test). The scale is pupil size, spontaneous blinking rate and eye movements and is used as a continuous variable. | 5 minutes | |
Primary | selective attention | Computerized tests (stroop test). The scale is mean reaction time and is used as a continuous variable. | 5 minutes | |
Primary | short-term memory | Computerized tests (Digit Span Test). The scale is number of digits and is used as a continuous variable. | 10minutes | |
Primary | visual information processing speed | Computerized tests (Digit Symbol Test). The scale is number of digits and is used as a continuous variable. | 5 minutes | |
Primary | visual information processing speed | Computerized tests (Pattern Comparison test). The scale is reaction time and is used as a continuous variable. | 5 minutes | |
Primary | Heart rate variability | The heart rate is monitored throughout the entire baseline and follow-up visit through a small patch attached to the participant's skin. The results is used as a continuous variable in milliseconds (ms). | 30 minutes | |
Primary | Blood pressure | Blood pressure is measured through an automated system. The results is used as a continuous variable in mmHg. | 5 minutes |
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