Resilience Enhancement Training Program to Confront Nursing Students' Perceived Stress

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Perceived Stress

• Registration Number: NCT07181603
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess if a resilience enhancement training program can help nursing students manage stress more effectively. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does the program improve nursing students' resilience levels?

Does the program lower nursing students' perceived stress levels?

Researchers will compare students who receive the training during the semester with students who do not receive it until after the study is completed to see if the training has an effect.

Participants will:

1. Complete questionnaires on resilience and stress before and after the training.

2. Attend a structured resilience enhancement training program for 10 weeks alongside their usual studies.

3. Be part of either the study group (receiving the training first) or the comparison group (receiving the training after study completion).

Detailed Description

This quasi-experimental study is designed to evaluate the effect of a resilience enhancement training program on perceived stress among nursing students. Stress is a common challenge for nursing students due to academic and clinical demands, and low resilience may increase their vulnerability. Enhancing resilience has the potential to support students' ability to cope with stress and improve their overall well-being.

Objectives:

1. Assess baseline resilience and perceived stress levels among nursing students.

2. Develop and implement a structured resilience enhancement training program tailored to the needs of nursing students.

3. Evaluate the impact of the program on resilience and perceived stress by comparing outcomes between a study group and a control group.

Hypothesis:

The resilience enhancement training program will significantly increase resilience levels and reduce perceived stress levels among nursing students.

Design and Methods:

A quasi-experimental research design with study and control groups will be used. Participants will be undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (PMHN) course at the Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, during the first semester of the academic year 2025-2026. Students will be allocated into two groups:

Study group: Receives the resilience enhancement training program in addition to their standard curriculum.

Control group: Follows the standard curriculum during the study period and will receive the program after the study ends to ensure fairness.

The 10-week resilience enhancement training program includes structured sessions that cover key skills such as self-awareness, self-regulation, stress management, cognitive restructuring, self-compassion, gratitude practices, optimism training, and self-evaluation. Each session has a specific objective to build coping skills and strengthen resilience. The program concludes with a wrap-up and evaluation session.

Data will be collected at two points: before the intervention (October 2025) and immediately after program completion (December 2025).

Outcomes:

The primary outcome is the change in perceived stress levels as measured by validated scales. The secondary outcome is the change in resilience scores.

Ethical Considerations:

Ethical approval was obtained from the Scientific Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University (Study Number: 25.04.662, Approval Date: March 17, 2025).

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-09
• Study Start: 2025-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2025-09-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-09-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-12
• Study First Posted: 2025-09-18
• Last Update Posted: 2025-09-18
• Primary Completion: 2025-12
• Study Completion: 2026-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

nursing students enrolled in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (PMHN) course at the Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University during the first semester of the academic year 2025-2026.

Willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

Students who decline participation or withdraw consent. Students absent for the majority of the program sessions.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Perceived Stress Score	Baseline (October 2025) and immediately post-intervention (December 2025)	Perceived stress will be measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) originally developed by Sheu et al. (1997), designed to evaluate stress perception among nursing students.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Resilience Score	Baseline (October 2025) and post-intervention (December 2025)	Resilience will be assessed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25), a validated 25-item instrument developed by Connor and Davidson to measure resilience in response to stress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt