Efficacy of Group Life Skill Intervention to Enhance Well-Being Among Higher Education Students

Fatima Jinnah Women University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Mental Health Issue; Well-Being, Psychological; Psychological Distress

Treatments: Behavioral: Group Life Skill Intervention; Behavioral: Treatment as Usual for Control Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06510478

FJWU/EC/2023/66

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the Efficacy of Group life skills intervention designed to improve the well-being, Life skills, and Quality of life of higher education students. The study also identifies the feasibility of the Life skill intervention in the context of Pakistan. We will also compare these outcomes between two groups: one receiving the intervention and the other not receiving any treatment.

Full description

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the Efficacy of Group life skills intervention designed to improve the well-being, Life skills, and Quality of life of higher education students. The study also identifies the feasibility of the Life skill intervention in the context of Pakistan. We will also compare these outcomes between two groups: one receiving the intervention and the other not receiving any treatment.

Study Tasks:

Participants, who are University Students aged 21-30 years, were asked to provide informed consent to participate in the study. They completed questionnaires to assess their Life skills, Psychological distress, Well-being, and Quality of life as a pre-assessment.

Participants in the intervention group undergo the Life Skill Intervention, which includes activities like Team building skills, Leadership Skills, Self-respect and appreciation, Effective Communication Skills, Dealing with stress, Positive Thinking, Enhancing confidence, Volunteering, Decision Taking, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, Negotiating.

After the intervention, participants completed a post-assessment questionnaires to measure changes in Life skills, Psychological distress, Well-being, and Quality of life.

There will be a control group that does not receive any treatment.

Comparison Group:

Researchers compared the outcomes between the intervention group, who received the Life Skill Intervention and the control group, who did not receive any treatment. This will help us determine if the intervention had a significant impact on Life skills, Psychological distress, Well-being, and Quality of life outcomes for University students.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students of public sector university of Pakistan.
• Students aged 21-30.
• Students accessed with decreased psychological well-being.

Exclusion criteria

• Students of private universities in Pakistan
• Students with any physical disability.
• Students having a prior history of psychiatric illness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Who receives intervention. Life Skill intervention will be administered in 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group Life Skill Intervention

Control Group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Who do not receive any intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment as Usual for Control Group

Waitlist Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Who are on the waitlist and will receive intervention components if the intervention is proven to be effective.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group Life Skill Intervention