The Effectiveness of Stress Management Training on Perceiving and Coping With Stress and Developing Resilience

NCT06502314 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KHSU-MANSUROGLU-001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 102
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Associate degree students studying in the field of health perform their professions in the status of intermediate staff related to health in our country. They are in direct or indirect contact with every segment of the society within the health system. They are also in a multidisciplinary team. This enables them to interact within the team. Therefore, it can be clearly said that the stress they will be in may affect other team members. In previous studies in the literature, it is seen that more studies have been conducted with undergraduate health professional candidates. However, considering that associate degree health students start their professional life at a younger age, it can be thought that they may have more difficulties in coping with the stress that the health sector may cause. This situation can be facilitated by strengthening their psychological resilience. In this study, it can be said that it is important to provide stress management training and measure its effectiveness by taking these factors into consideration. It can be thought that the results will contribute to the importance by filling the gap in the literature. Objective: This study was a pretest-posttest randomised controlled psychoeducational intervention in which the effect of stress management training given to first-year health students on their perceived stress, coping methods and psychological resilience was examined. Research hypotheses H1: Perceived stress post-test scores of first-year health students who received stress management training will be lower than those who did not receive the same training. H2: The post-test scores of the first-year health students who received stress management training will be higher than the post-test scores of the students who did not receive the same training. H3: First-year health students who receive stress management training will have higher psychological resilience post-test scores than students who do not receive the same training. Methods: The study was conducted with 102 health students, 51 intervention and 51 control. Randomly assigned intervention group received stress management training consisting of 7 modules for 7 weeks. No intervention was given to the control group. Data were collected using sociodemographic form, perceived stress scale, stress coping methods scale and short psychological resilience scale. Pre-test and post-tests were administered to both groups.

Conditions

Stress Management; Perceived Stress; Coping Strategy; Psychological Resilience

Keywords

Perceived stress; stress management; psychological resilience; health students; mental health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in "Perceived Stress Scale" scores

  This scale evaluates the stress perceptions of individuals in the face of certain situations encountered in their lives. The scale has a five-point Likert scale. The scale has two sub-dimensions but the total scale score was used for this study. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 0 and the highest score is 56. The higher the score obtained by the individuals from the scale, the higher the stress perception. It was aimed to compare and evaluate the change in perceived stress levels of the participants before and after the planned psychoeducation for 7 weeks.

  It was applied as a pre-test before the intervention and as a post-test 2 weeks after the intervention completed, within 1 week, and the change was observed.

• Change in "Stress Coping Methods Scale" scores

  The coping methods scale was used to measure coping methods with stress. The scale consists of a five-factor structure but the total scale score was used for this study. Consisting of 24 statements, the scale is graded in 5-point Likert type. It can be said that individuals develop methods of coping with stress as the score they get from the scale increases. It was aimed to compare and evaluate the changes in the participants' methods of coping with stress before and after the psychoeducation planned for 7 weeks.

  It was applied as a pre-test before the intervention and as a post-test 2 weeks after the intervention completed, within 1 week, and the change was observed.

• Change in "Brief Resilience Scale" scores

  The scale is a 5-point Likert-type, 6-item, self-report measurement tool developed in order to measure the psychological resilience of individuals. High scores indicate high psychological resilience. It was aimed to compare and evaluate the changes in the participants' psychological resilience before and after the psychoeducation planned for 7 weeks.

  It was applied as a pre-test before the intervention and as a post-test 2 weeks after the intervention completed, within 1 week, and the change was observed.

Study Arms (2)

intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

In the first interview with the students assigned to the intervention group, students were informed about the purpose of the study and the process, and pre-tests were applied to the students after their consent was obtained. After 1 week, students randomly assigned to the intervention group were given psychoeducation on stress management consisting of 7 modules each lasting 120 minutes (with a break), on a day determined during the week for 7 weeks. Two weeks after the training was completed, post-tests were applied to the intervention group students.

Behavioral: Stress management training

control group

NO INTERVENTION

In the first interview with the students assigned to the control group, students were informed about the purpose of the study and the process, and pre-tests were applied to the students after their consent was obtained. Ten weeks after, post-tests were applied to the control group students. During this process, no intervention was applied to the control group. After the study was completed, the same stress management training was given to the control group.

Interventions

Stress management training BEHAVIORAL

It is a psychoeducational program that includes seven modules (1. Stress and its components, 2. Stress Management, 3. Crisis and its components, 4. Crisis Management, 5. Anger and its components, 6. Anger Management, 7. Psychological resilience) .

intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• First-year associate degree health students who voluntarily accepted to participate in the study,
• Who were 18 years of age or older,
• Who were continuing their active education.

You may not qualify if:

• First-year associate degree health students who voluntarily not accepted to participate in the study,
• Who were under 18 years of age,
• Who were not continuing their active education.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kutahya Health Sciences University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kutahya Health Sciences University

Kütahya, Merkez, 43700, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Sercan Mansuroğlu, PhD

  Kutahya Health Sciences University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2024
• First Posted: July 16, 2024
• Study Start: March 6, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 24, 2024
• Study Completion: May 8, 2024
• Last Updated: July 16, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)