Effectiveness of a stress management program among school going adolescent boys

Completed

• Conditions: Normal physical and mental health status of adolescents

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/10/010119
• Lead Sponsor: Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Brief Summary

The present study was aimed to estimate the prevalence of stress and stress tolerance among high school boys of Udupi district and to assess the effectiveness of a group intervention in ameliorating stress among them. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study from an Indian population which focuses on the stress levels of adolescent boys with an intervention designed to address these stressors. A sample of 1202 adolescents aged 12-15 years were studied to estimate the prevalence of stress, stress symptoms and stress tolerance with the help of standardized Manipal Stress Questionnaire. The prevalence of stress among study participants was 55.9%. Of the total study participants, 65.3% of them were tolerant to stress i.e. had positive coping skills and 29.7% of them reported stress symptoms. Univariate analysis identified age, parental occupational and literacy status as significant determinants of adolescent stress and stress intolerance. Multivariate analysis identified socio demographic variables like age, religion, literacy status of mother and occupational status of father to be significant risk factors of stress among adolescent boys. A cluster randomized trial was undertaken to study the effectiveness of group intervention in ameliorating stress among adolescent males where 507 adolescent males were recruited and then randomized in to intervention and control arm. There was a significant improvement in the stress and stress tolerance scores observed in the intervention arm during the follow up at one and three months as compared to the control arm.

Clustering effect was taken in to account and adjusting the effects of clustering variables, a mixed model analysis was done. A negligible effect (4.2%) was reported

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-11-15
• Study Completion: 2015-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 490

Inclusion Criteria

Adolescent boys of 12 to 15 years studying in English medium schools within the district.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean stress score	Post intervention, Follow up after one and third month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean stress tolerance score	Post intervention, Follow up after one and third month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba Hospital, Manipal; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba Hospital, Manipal

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Dr Veena G Kamath

Principal investigator

08202922324

kallol.roy@sas.org.in