Effect of Physical Activity on Academic Stress While Controlling the Confounding Variables

NCT ID: NCT04925115

Last Updated: 2021-06-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 166 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-12-29
• Study Completion Date: 2021-09-01

Brief Summary

The study is designed to determine the effectiveness of moderate physical activity on academic stress with controlling and observing on confounding variables.

Detailed Description

Now a days, modern time, new researches increased knowledge of researchers on physical activity and its effect on academic stress. Literature search shows to reduce academic stress among people all types of physical activities were effective and useful. Particularly moderate level of physical activity like brisk walking was significantly associated with academic stress, as compare to hard and light physical activities. Many Studies and research was available on the effectiveness of physical activities and found effective for dealing with academic stress but these were single centered and lacking control on confound variables observation, For example, Age, BMI, Socio-economic status, Semester pressure, Curriculum burden, depression, anxiety ,stress , demographics etc were absent in previous studies plus the available research is partial, includes only females. This research will be impartial and free from gender discrimination. Both male and female students will be taken in consideration for test and a multi-centered study will be conducted focusing on the confounding variables to determine the effectiveness of physical activity on academic stress with controlling variables is the recommendation of this research

Conditions

Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Interventional group

Interventional group:

1. Warm up and cool down (10 minutes before physical activity)

2. Brisk walking ( 30 minutes each session for 5 days in a week)

3. Week 1 to week 6 same protocol

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Brisk walking

Intervention Type: OTHER

• Warm up and cool down (10 minutes before physical activity)
• Brisk walking ( 30 minutes each session for 5 days in a week)

Control group

Routine activity of daily life

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Brisk walking

• Warm up and cool down (10 minutes before physical activity)
• Brisk walking ( 30 minutes each session for 5 days in a week)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Moderate physical activity

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants falling in this category would be recruited into the study.
• Moderate academic stress

Exclusion Criteria

• Participant falling in this category would be excluded from the study.
• Physical Disability
• Acute infection
• Chronic infection
• Acute inflammation
• Chronic inflammation
• Known osteoporosis
• Individual with respiratory diseases e.g. asthma
• Smoking
• Musculoskeletal injuries

Confounding variables:

• Age
• Gender
• BMI
• Socio-economic status
• Semester
• Depression, anxiety and stress
• Demographic (rural, urban)
• Relationship status (married and unmarried)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Waqar Ahmed Awan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

Riphah international university

Islamabad, , Pakistan

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Pakistan

Central Contacts

Imran Amjad, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Imran.Amjad@riphah.edu.pk

+923324390125

Facility Contacts

salman khan, MS-SPT

Role: primary

salman_khan201390@yahoo.com

03329365147

Other Identifiers

REC/00930 Salman khan

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id