The Impact of a Continuous Performance Task on the Stress Response
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Heart rate variability
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impact of taking a continuous performance attention test on the physiological stress response in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does taking an attention test cause participants to have increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and sweat?
- Does taking an attention test cause participants to have a decrease in heart rate variability?
- Are there relationships between participants' levels of anxiety, perceived stress, and mindfulness to their physiological changes?
Participants will
- Answer questionnaires about anxiety, stress, and mindfulness
- Have baseline measurements taken for blood pressure, sweat, and heart rate variability
- Take the PEBL Continuous Performance Task (a 14 minute attention test) while having the measurements listed above taken again
详细描述
The PEBL Continuous Performance Task is an example of a mental stressor which requires vigilance and effort. We hypothesize that a sympathetic nervous system response will be evident in comparing physiological parameters during the attention task versus the preceding resting baseline period. Exploratory analyses will assess relationships between psychological measures of anxiety, stress, and mindfulness with this physiological response and the number of errors on the attention test.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •English language proficiency
- •First year, first semester student enrolled in Students Together Empowering Peers course at the University of Redlands
排除标准
- •severe mental health issues
- •currently taking anti-anxiety medication
研究组 & 干预措施
PEBL Continuous Performance Task
Participants will take the PEBL Continuous Performance Task, a 14 minute attention test requiring participants to press the space bar when certain letters are shown on the screen.
干预措施: PEBL Continuous Performance Task (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Heart rate variability
时间窗: Measured continuously during an 8 minute resting baseline, then continuously for the 14 minute attention task. Data collection was then complete.
Normalized high frequency HRV
Blood pressure
时间窗: Measured once after an 8 minute resting baseline, then 2 minutes into the attention task, and 10 minutes into the attention task. Data collection was then complete.
Systolic and diastolic
Skin conductance level
时间窗: Measured continuously during an 8 minute resting baseline, then continuously for the 14 minute attention task. Data collection was then complete.
levels of sweat due to sympathetic nervous system activation
次要结局
- State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)(Questionnaire completed on day of enrollment (<30 minutes))
- Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)(Questionnaire completed on day of enrollment (<30 minutes))
- Mindful Awareness and Attention Scale (MAAS)(Questionnaire completed on day of enrollment (<30 minutes))
- PEBL Continuous Performance Task Foil Accuracy Rate(14 minute attention task on the day of the experiment)
研究者
Lisa Olson
Professor of Biology
University of Redlands