PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS COPING STRATEGY FOR ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE COLLEGIATE STUDENT

NCT ID: NCT04221022

Last Updated: 2020-07-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 37 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-01-09
• Study Completion Date: 2020-06-30

Brief Summary

Physical Inactivity is one of the major cause causing academic stress in students, so effectiveness of Light, moderate and vigorous physical activity as a baseline treatment were assessed through academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA).

Detailed Description

A total of 388 students participated in first phase of study and total 60 students with moderate academic stress were filtered. Among those only 37 were physically inactive from last one month by the assessment through RAPA (Rapid assessment of physical activity). ASS (Academic stress scale), Cohen Perceived stress Scale and RAPA questionnaires were used to collect data. Three equally distributed groups were given three different modes of physical activities i.e light, moderate & vigorous.

Conditions

Physical Activity and Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Light physical activity (Group 1)

Female collegiate students were assessed by using Academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA) to determine physical activity level and academic stress. They were assigned into Light Physical activity. Each subject in first group completed 6 weeks of exercise sessions which aimed to cope up academic stress among female collegiate students. Each subject was evaluated for changes in symptoms in each week.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Light physical activity

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each session started with leisure walk, duration of which was set to 35 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Moderate physical activity (Group 2)

Female collegiate students were assessed by using Academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA) to determine physical activity level and academic stress. They were assigned into moderate Physical activity. Each subject in first group completed 6 weeks of exercise sessions which aimed to cope up academic stress among female collegiate students. Each subject was evaluated for changes in symptoms in each week.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Moderate physical activity

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each session started with brisk walk, duration of which was set to 30 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Vigorous physical activity (Group 3)

Female collegiate students were assessed by using Academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA) to determine physical activity level and academic stress. They were assigned into vigorous Physical activity. Each subject in first group completed 6 weeks of exercise sessions which aimed to cope up academic stress among female collegiate students. Each subject was evaluated for changes in symptoms in each week.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Vigorous physical activity

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each session started with jogging, duration of which was set to 15 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Interventions

Light physical activity

Each session started with leisure walk, duration of which was set to 35 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Moderate physical activity

Each session started with brisk walk, duration of which was set to 30 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Vigorous physical activity

Each session started with jogging, duration of which was set to 15 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate female students between 18-24 years.
• Students with moderate level of academic stress
• Students inactive from last one month

Exclusion Criteria

• Students with any other type of stress
• Students with other psychological disorders
• Student with known systemic disease.
• Physically active from last one month were excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 24 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Zohra Institute of Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Syed Alamdar Hussain

Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

ZIHS-1272/MS/05

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id