Perceived levels of stress and anxiety and their impact on performance of physiotherapy students during clinical placements.

Deborah Gallasch0 sites159 target enrollmentFebruary 28, 2018

ConditionsStress Anxiety Mental Health - Anxiety Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Stress
Sponsor: Deborah Gallasch
Enrollment: 159
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Healthcare students are at high risk of stress and anxiety, particularly during clinical placements. We measured stress and anxiety for 109 physiotherapy students across 159 placements. They demonstrated highly variable levels of stress and anxiety. Higher levels negatively affected their academic performance. Baseline measures helped identify those at risk of high levels of stress and anxiety.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

February 28, 2018

End Date

December 14, 2018

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Deborah Gallasch

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•This study will recruit physiotherapy students (both undergraduate and graduate entry) from the University of South Australia who are undertaking their acute care, rehabilitation or primary and ambulatory care clinical placements at Central Adelaide Local Health Network sites during their physiotherapy studies in 2018\. Participants may be recruited to the study on more than one occasion if eligibility criteria are met (as students may complete one, two or all three of these clinical placements at Central Adelaide Local Health Network sites). Therefore, any one student may be recruited on up to three occasions.