PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS COPING STRATEGY FOR ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE COLLEGIATE STUDENT

Zohra Institute of Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity and Stress

Treatments: Other: Light physical activity; Other: Moderate physical activity; Other: Vigorous physical activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04221022

ZIHS-1272/MS/05

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physical Inactivity is one of the major cause causing academic stress in students, so effectiveness of Light, moderate and vigorous physical activity as a baseline treatment were assessed through academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA).

Full description

A total of 388 students participated in first phase of study and total 60 students with moderate academic stress were filtered. Among those only 37 were physically inactive from last one month by the assessment through RAPA (Rapid assessment of physical activity). ASS (Academic stress scale), Cohen Perceived stress Scale and RAPA questionnaires were used to collect data. Three equally distributed groups were given three different modes of physical activities i.e light, moderate & vigorous.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergraduate female students between 18-24 years.
• Students with moderate level of academic stress
• Students inactive from last one month

Exclusion criteria

• Students with any other type of stress
• Students with other psychological disorders
• Student with known systemic disease.
• Physically active from last one month were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 3 patient groups

Light physical activity (Group 1)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Female collegiate students were assessed by using Academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA) to determine physical activity level and academic stress. They were assigned into Light Physical activity. Each subject in first group completed 6 weeks of exercise sessions which aimed to cope up academic stress among female collegiate students. Each subject was evaluated for changes in symptoms in each week.

Treatment:

Other: Light physical activity

Moderate physical activity (Group 2)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Female collegiate students were assessed by using Academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA) to determine physical activity level and academic stress. They were assigned into moderate Physical activity. Each subject in first group completed 6 weeks of exercise sessions which aimed to cope up academic stress among female collegiate students. Each subject was evaluated for changes in symptoms in each week.

Treatment:

Other: Moderate physical activity

Vigorous physical activity (Group 3)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Female collegiate students were assessed by using Academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA) to determine physical activity level and academic stress. They were assigned into vigorous Physical activity. Each subject in first group completed 6 weeks of exercise sessions which aimed to cope up academic stress among female collegiate students. Each subject was evaluated for changes in symptoms in each week.

Treatment:

Other: Vigorous physical activity