Evaluation of Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE) Training Among University Students

NCT ID: NCT05072340

Last Updated: 2024-12-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

203 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-12-01

Study Completion Date

2023-12-31

Brief Summary

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Background University students experience high levels of stress and this may negatively impact their mental health, coping and academic outcomes. Building resilience has been described as an ability to maintain mental well-being.

Aims This study aims to (1) assess the feasibility of the Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE) program, (2) evaluate the effects of RISE on undergraduate students' resilience, coping, emotion regulation, positive emotions and stress and (3) explore students' perception of RISE.

Methods This study will be operationalized in three phases.

Phase 1 - Feasibility A single-arm pre-post study will be used. 10 students will be recruited to explore their acceptability, perception, and suggestions for improving RISE. RISE comprises of six weekly sessions delivered via LumiNUS and Zoom. The Wilcoxon signed rank test will be used to analyse the data.

Phase 2 - Randomized controlled trial A prospective, double blind randomized controlled trial and repeated post-tests will be used. A total of 122 students will be recruited from LumiNUS and social media platforms. Participants will receive a series of six, weekly online sessions in both groups. The primary outcome is resilience. The secondary outcomes include, coping, emotion relation, positive emotions, stress. Multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures will be used to compare the mean difference of scores in the three time points through Wilks's lambda test. The data will be analysed according to the intention-to-treat principle.

Phase 3 - Process evaluation A qualitative study using an individual, semi-structured interviews will be used to explore students' perception of RISE. Approximately 20 students will be recruited, and the final sample size will be determined based on data saturation. Thematic analyses will be used to analyse the data.

Potential contributions This study will contribute by evaluating evidence-based user-friendly RISE that may be effective for enhancing university students' resilience.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Resilience, Psychological Adaptation, Psychological

Keywords

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Resilience training Blended learning Randomized controlled trial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors
The allocation was done based on the participants' sequence of enrolment, and another research assistant opened the opaque envelopes and allocated participants to either the blended or self-guided RISE group.

Study Groups

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RISE (Blended learning)

Students will undergo a training that comprises of six sessions: (1) introducing resilience, (2) coping strategies, (3) creating positivity, (4) shifting mindsets, (5) building social competency and (6) preparing for the future.

RISE training will be hosted via the NUS' online learning platform, LumiNUS and virtual face-to-face platform, Zoom. Each session will take approximately one to two hours per week. One session is made available each week to encourage completion before moving onto the next session. Students will be provided with materials in the form of interactive videos. Virtual face-to-face sessions, online forum, quizzes and homework will be additionally available to students.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The RISE training was developed according to theory, empirical evidence and contextual information. The contents, components, pedagogy, and technical elements of RISE is established based on the resilience theory (Szanton \& Gill, 2010) systematic review and meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, and qualitative study (Ang et al., 2021). Ethical and quality standards was assessed using the Health on the Net code of conduct and the Health-Related Website Evaluation Form respectively. The overall rating of the designed RISE is more than 75% of the total possible points to ensure quality of website by three research team members.

RISE (Asynchronous learning)

Students will also undergo a six-session training comprising of: (1) introducing resilience, (2) coping strategies, (3) creating positivity, (4) shifting mindsets, (5) building social competency and (6) preparing for the future.

RISE training will be hosted via the NUS' online learning platform, LumiNUS. One session is made available each week to encourage completion before moving onto the next session. Participants will be reminded via emails and short message service (SMS) to complete the intervention. Students will be provided with materials in the form of interactive videos in LumiNUS.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The RISE training was developed according to theory, empirical evidence and contextual information. The contents, components, pedagogy, and technical elements of RISE is established based on the resilience theory (Szanton \& Gill, 2010) systematic review and meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, and qualitative study (Ang et al., 2021). Ethical and quality standards was assessed using the Health on the Net code of conduct and the Health-Related Website Evaluation Form respectively. The overall rating of the designed RISE is more than 75% of the total possible points to ensure quality of website by three research team members.

Interventions

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Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE)

The RISE training was developed according to theory, empirical evidence and contextual information. The contents, components, pedagogy, and technical elements of RISE is established based on the resilience theory (Szanton \& Gill, 2010) systematic review and meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, and qualitative study (Ang et al., 2021). Ethical and quality standards was assessed using the Health on the Net code of conduct and the Health-Related Website Evaluation Form respectively. The overall rating of the designed RISE is more than 75% of the total possible points to ensure quality of website by three research team members.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Full undergraduate in NUS
2. Above 18 years old
3. Comprehend English language
4. Have access to an electronic device (laptop, smartphone or tablet)

Exclusion Criteria

1. No self-reported history of mental health disorders
2. Did not participate in any other form of resilience training
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National University of Singapore

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lau Ying

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ying Lau, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Locations

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Singapore Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

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TEG AY2021/22

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id