Fit 4 Study: Creating healthy habits through physical activity and exercise for University Students

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Mental Health; Depression; Anxiety-related Disorders; Stress; Loneliness; Psychological Distress; Mental wellbeing; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001432707
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Queensland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-11-08
• Last Update Posted: 14 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must be undergraduate Students enrolled in a first-year course at The University of Queensland.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently engaged in treatment for a serious mental health issue (such as clinical depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorder, psychosis)
2. An inability to attend all four of the program sessions
3. English proficiency that is insufficient for the student to engage in the group discussions and complete the assessments (with optional support from the researchers).
4. Currently participating in one of the other branches of the Sharper Minds program (eating, sleep, music, resilience training, social group belonging, control).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Measure[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)]; PsyCheck measure (20-item questionnaire measuring of psychological distress)<br><br>Each item is has two levels (Yes, No):<br>Depression (item 9, item 11, item 14, item 16); Anxiety (item 4, item 5, item 6, item 12); Somatic (item 1, item 2, item 7, item 19); Cognitive (item 20, item 18, item 8, item 3).<br><br>For each mental health condition, scores of > 3 indicate presence of symptoms. (e.g., scoring YES for items 9, 11, 14, and 16 would indicate presence of depressive symptoms)[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)];Causes of Stress (20-item purpose written measure, including COVID-19 & general causes of stress).<br>[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
oneliness (Roberts Version of the UCLA Loneliness scale; RULS-8)[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)];Physical Activity (Active Australia Survey)[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)];Sedentary Behaviour (Past Day-Recall of Sedentary Time for University Students; PAST-U)[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)];Academic Outcomes (GPA) acquired through university records.[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)];Social Group Belonging (23-item social group belonging & purpose written items)[Baseline (before intervention begins), and post-intervention (immediately after intervention is completed)]