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Effects of an Intervention to Enhance Resilience in Physical Therapy Students

NCT02541240 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2016-05-11

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Summary

Health professional students experience high levels of psychological stress. Individuals with higher levels of resilience are better equipped to handle stress. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an 8-hour resilience curriculum on stress levels, resilience, coping, protective factors, and symptomatology on students enrolled in a doctor of physical therapy (DPT) program.

Hypothesis: The curriculum will decrease stress levels, increase resilience, coping flexibility, protective factors (optimism, positive affect, and social support), and reduce symptomatology (negative affect, illness). Research on stress and its consequences experienced by physical therapy students in particular is limited. If the results of this study support this hypothesis, it may establish the benefit of adding a resilience component to the curriculum for students of physical therapy.

Conditions

  • Psychological Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Resilience Curriculum

The Resilience Curriculum consists of 4 modules, with one 2-hour module presented each week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Indianapolis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anne M Mejia-Downs, PT, MPH · University of Indianapolis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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