NCT05172804

Mind-Body Modalities for Nursing Students

Completed NA Last updated 29 December 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Progressive muscle relaxation in Stress Reaction in 220 participants. Completed in 30 May 2021.

Timeline

1 October 2020

Primary endpoint
30 March 2021

30 May 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Jordan University of Science and Technology
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	220
Start date	1 October 2020
Primary completion	30 March 2021
Estimated completion	30 May 2021
Sites	1 location across Jordan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Guided Imagery
• Mindfulness Meditation
• Control group — full drug profile →

Conditions studied

• Stress Reaction — all drugs for Stress Reaction →
• Stress, Psychological — all drugs for Stress, Psychological →
• Stress, Physiological — all drugs for Stress, Physiological →

Sponsor

Jordan University of Science and Technology

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Stress Reaction or Stress, Psychological. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background: Nursing students around the world can experience tremendous stress due to their multi-faceted responsibilities. Stress is related to negative health and academic outcomes. Mind-body connection modalities have been used successfully to reduce stress and improve health among healthy and ill individuals in various cultures, but their effects have not yet been studied in the Arab culture. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine and compare the effects of three of such modalities including progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), guided imagery (GI), and mindfulness meditation (MM) on stress and health outcomes in Jordanian nursing students.

Methods: Using a randomized controlled design, 124 nursing students will be randomly assigned to 4 groups at a large university in Jordan. The 3 experimental groups (PMR, GI, and MM) will participate in 5 30-minute sessions (one session/week for 5 weeks) led by experienced trainers, in a private room during their clinical days. The control group will stay calm for 30 minutes during introducing the study interventions in another room at the university. The health outcomes will be measured at baseline (Time 1) and the end (Time 3) of the intervention in each group using different physical and self-report measures classified into different health categories such as cognitive health outcomes (executive brain function, stressful appraisal, mindfulness), physical health outcomes (e.g. physical symptoms, heart rate, blood pressure, neurobiological markers such as dopamine, serotonin, cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline), and psychological health outcomes (e.g. depression, anxiety).

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Differential effects of guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation on physical and emotional symptoms in nursing students taking initial clinical training: A randomized clinical trial.
   Alhawatmeh H, Albataineh R, Abuhammad S. · · 2022 · cited 12× · PMID 36311359 · DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11147