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The Impact of Green Spaces on the General Well-being and Stress of Students

NCT05249296 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-02-21

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Summary

The number of students with psychological problems is on the rise, due to a combination of increasing performance pressure, high expectations, difficulties handling stress, social pressure, and studying. Spending time in a green space has been shown to have positive effects on the mental and general health. This project aims to alleviate the symptoms of mental fatigue and stress related disorders such as burn out in students by offering a nature-based activity.

Participants are asked to take a thirty-minute walk in a nature-based area for five consecutive days, followed by a control period (regular schedule of the participant) for five days, or vice versa. The investigators test stress-related parameters including concentration tests, cognitive tests, cortisol levels, and cardiovascular measurements.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nature based solution for stress reduction

participation in nature activities: daily 30 min walking in nature

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hasselt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Plusquin · Hasselt University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-10
Primary Completion
2022-12-30
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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Diseases

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