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

Riphah International University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Other: Brisk walking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04925115

REC/00930 Salman khan

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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

Enrollment: 166 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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166 participants in 2 patient groups

Interventional group

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Brisk walking

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine activity of daily life