Effects of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Mental Health Outcomes and Academic Success in Physical Therapy Students
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: First Resort.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Mental Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Satisfaction. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
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Official title
The Effects of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Mental Health Outcomes and Academic Success in First Year Physical Therapy Students
Overview
Exploring the impact of a virtual reality program, First Resort on graduate physical therapy student wellness and academic success.
Detailed description
This study is exploring the impact of an 8-week virtual reality intervention among graduate physical therapy students. Self-report measures of anxiety, depression and stress will be collected pre/post to assess the impact of the virtual reality intervention.
Purpose:
1. Determine if there is an impact of a virtual reality intervention on symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress levels in first year physical therapy doctoral students 2. Explore correlations between performance, anxiety, depression, stress and First Resort use in first year physical therapy doctoral students 3. Explore the feasibility of use of First Resort app in first year physical therapy doctoral students
Interventions
- Other First Resort
First Resort is an 8-week, self-guided, at-home, virtual reality program designed to be navigated via Meta Quest II headset devices and will be used as an intervention.
Primary outcome measures
- Patient Health Questionnaire-8 [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- General Anxiety Disorder-7 [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- Perceived Stress Scale-10 [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- Self-reported Cumulative Grade Point Average [Time frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Patient Health Questionnaire-2 [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- General Anxiety Disorder-2 [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- The exit survey included several questions about Life style factors [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- Qualitative feedback_Focus groups [Time frame: 8 weeks]
- Descriptive categorical [Time frame: 8 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Physical Therapy students enrolled at a single university in the southern United States during the fall 2024 semester
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Exclusion criteria
Patient Health Questionnaire-8 score of 15 or more General Anxiety Disorder-7 score of 15 or more History of seizures History of motion sickness History of epilepsy History of balance impairment History of significant visual History of auditory impairment
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Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Belmont University — Nashville
Publications
- Hoying J, Melnyk BM, Hutson E, Tan A. Prevalence and Correlates of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Healthy Beliefs, and Lifestyle Behaviors in First-Year Graduate Health Sciences Students. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2020 Feb;17(1):49-59. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12415. Epub 2020 Jan 8. PMID 31912989
- Bolinski F, Etzelmuller A, De Witte NAJ, van Beurden C, Debard G, Bonroy B, Cuijpers P, Riper H, Kleiboer A. Physiological and self-reported arousal in virtual reality versus face-to-face emotional activation and cognitive restructuring in university students: A crossover experimental study using wearable monitoring. Behav Res Ther. 2021 Jul;142:103877. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103877. Epub 2021 M PMID 34029860
- Ma J, Zhao D, Xu N, Yang J. The effectiveness of immersive virtual reality (VR) based mindfulness training on improvement mental-health in adults: A narrative systematic review. Explore (NY). 2023 May-Jun;19(3):310-318. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2022.08.001. Epub 2022 Aug 5. PMID 36002363
- Macauley K, Plummer L. Prevalence and Predictors of Anxiety in Doctor of Physical Therapy Students. J Allied Health. 2017 Summer;46(2):e39-e41. PMID 28561872
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06567496 · BelmontU