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

National University of Singapore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resilience, Psychological; Adaptation, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05072340

TEG AY2021/22

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 203 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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203 participants in 2 patient groups

RISE (Blended learning)

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE)

RISE (Asynchronous learning)

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resilience Skills Enhancement (RISE)