Test Anxiety Clinical Trial
Official title:
Efficacy of a Cognitive Behavioural-based Intervention in Reducing Test Anxiety in High School Students: a Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Verified date | July 2022 |
Source | Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
School-age test anxiety is an important risk factor for school performance. Notwithstanding, few studies seek to identify which strategies are effective in improving test anxiety. This study aimed to test whether a cognitive-behavioural intervention for high school students could significantly reduce test anxiety. A two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled, unblinded, parallel, trial was conducted. Participants were students of the 10th year of the Alves Martins High School in Viseu, Portugal. Students were randomized at class level to receive a cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness, psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques, or to a control group with no intervention. Participants' anxiety levels were measured using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The analysis of the effect of the intervention was carried out on an intention-to-treat basis at the class level, using multilevel mixed effects models and Bayesian modelling.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 519 |
Est. completion date | March 10, 2020 |
Est. primary completion date | March 10, 2020 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - 10th grade students; both students and parents provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - cognitive inability to answer the questionnaire and/or to participate in the intervention |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Portugal | Alves Martins High School | Viseu |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões | Casa de Saúde São Mateus - Hospital |
Portugal,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Test anxiety | Participants' test anxiety will be assessed using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 10 to 50 points. Higher scores mean higher anxiety levels. | 12 weeks | |
Secondary | Worry | Participants' worry will be assessed using the Worry subscale (items 1-5) of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 5 to 25 points. Higher scores mean higher worry-related anxiety levels. | 12 weeks | |
Secondary | Emotionality | Participants' emotionality will be assessed using the Emotionality subscale (items 6-10) of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 5 to 25 points. Higher scores mean higher emotionality-related anxiety levels. | 12 weeks |
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