Use of Intorus to Control Anxiety Before Exams in Students at the University of Extremadura

University of Extremadura

Status

Completed

Conditions

STUDENT

Anxiety Disorders

Treatments

Device: INTORUS

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05778994

2023.ALUMNOS.INTORUS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the possible efficacy of the INTORUS device as an element to reduce test anxiety in university students. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

Can the INTORUS device be used as a tool to reduce anxiety? Once informed, those participants who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria and sign the informed consent to participate in the study will be randomly divided into two groups. The randomization procedure will be carried out using the OxMaR (Oxford Minimization and Randomization) software.

All participants will be given the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Self-efficacy Scale and anxiety questionnaire prior to the start of the study.

Full description

The population is made up of students of the Degree in Occupational Therapy during the 2nd semester of the 2022-2023 academic year.

The initial sample size will be approximately 70 participants.

Process

Once informed, those participants who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria and sign the informed consent to participate in the study will be randomly divided into two groups. The randomization procedure will be carried out using the Oxford Minimization and Randomization software.

All participants will be given the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Self-efficacy Scale and anxiety questionnaire prior to the start of the study.

The participants of the experimental group will carry out a weekly exercise session with INTORUS aimed at reducing anxiety in the period between March 1, 2023 and May 10, 2023.

On the day of the final exam for the subject, all students will repeat the anxiety measurement questionnaire and the perceived self-efficacy scale minutes before the final exam for the subject.

Once the intervention period is over, a questionnaire will be passed to the professionals participating in the study to assess the usefulness of the device, the degree of satisfaction with it and the usefulness of the therapies applied.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Students of the Degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Extremadura.
Students who are going to study the Degree in Occupational Therapy in person.

Exclusion criteria