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Virtual Reality to Cope With Academic Stress

NCT05828329 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2024-07-11

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Summary

The new technologies may facilitate the teaching-learning process through the ubiquitous and active approach. However, stress from academic exams remains being high among undergraduate students. Although new technologies could be useful to simulate and control academic stressful situations through immersive virtual reality, no studies to date have evaluated its effectiveness. This study is designed to evaluate the effects of a virtual reality program to visualize stressful academic situations like exams on the level of psychological and physiological stress and academic performance of Physiotherapy and Nursing undergraduate students. To this end, an experimental study with two experimental groups and one control group is designed: experimental group 1 (EG1) will complete a 4-weeks program of guided visualization of exams through immersive virtual reality; experimental group 2 (EG2) will complete a 4-weeks program of traditional guided visualization of exams (through audio); control group (CG) will not receive any visualization program, as the most habitual strategy to cope with exams among students. Before and after the intervention period, all students will fulfill an online questionnaire to inform about their level of academic stress (SISCO inventory) and perceived stress from the last month (Perceived Stress Scale). Also, just before starting the exam they will have been visualizing, level of stress (0 to 10 points), blood pressure (mmHg), maximal heart rate (ppm) and salivary cortisol level will be assessed in all students. Qualifications of the exam will be also collected. Intra-group differences and between-group differences at post-intervention time will be obtained.

Conditions

  • Stress, Physiological
  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided visualization of exams through immersive virtual reality

During 4 weeks (twice per week), students will visualize a 30-minutes 360º video that simulates the experience of an exam, from first person perspective.

BEHAVIORAL

Guided visualization of exams through traditional method

During 4 weeks (twice per week), students will listen a 30-minutes audio that explains the experience of an exam from first person.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of the Balearic Islands

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Natalia Romero-Franco, PhD · University of the Balearic Islands

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-02
Primary Completion
2023-07-09
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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