The Impact of a 3-day High-altitude Mountain Trek on the Emotional States of Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 180
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline Emotion States (happiness, anticipation, sadness, and anger) at 1 week after the trek.
研究概览
简要总结
The mood was influenced by many factors in children. Sport, such as high-altitude mountain trek activity was thought benefit for human's mood and health. The expedition therapy was more and more popular in many schools recently. However, as the investigators best knowledge, there was no article discuss the relation between the mood and high-altitude mountain trek activity such as benefit influence in children. So, the investigators conduct the study.
Method: Demographic data will be recorded. The Professor Yeh's mood questionnaires were used to record the mood status of before and after the 3 days high-altitude mountain trek activity.
Statistical analyses: Participants rated their emotional states (happiness, sadness, anticipation, and anger) on a Likert scale. Each variable will be presented as descriptive statistics. Student t test or other suitable statistical method(s) will be used to determine the correction among the variables with scores of mood status. The paired t test or other suitable statistical method(s) will be used to determine the correction among the scores of mood status before and after the mountain activity. A difference was considered statistically significant if the p value were less than 0.05. All statistical analyses will be performed using SPPS statistical software for Windows, version 14 or more updated version.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 11 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Sixth-grade elementary students who participated in a 3-day, 2-night high-altitude mountain walking trek from the trailhead (2,140 m above sea level) to the summit of Xue Mountain (3,886 m above sea level)
- •Subject who provide the written informed consent from participants and their legal guardians before the distribution of the questionnaires.
排除标准
- •Not Sixth-grade elementary students.
- •Not finish the 3-day, 2-night high-altitude mountain walking trek from the trailhead (2,140 m above sea level) to the summit of Xue Mountain (3,886 m above sea level)
- •Subject who do not provide the written informed consent from participants and their legal guardians before the distribution of the questionnaires.
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline Emotion States (happiness, anticipation, sadness, and anger) at 1 week after the trek.
时间窗: 1 month before the trek and 1 week after the trek.
A 36-item instrument, including the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire was used to evaluate the four emotional states (happiness, anticipation, sadness, and anger). Specifically, 12 questions yielded the happy index, 10 questions yielded the sadness index, 9 questions yielded the anger index, and 5 questions yielded the anticipation index. A Likert scale ranging from 1 to 4 was used to evaluate individual items (1, strongly disagree; 2, disagree; 3, agree; and 4, strongly agree).
次要结局
- Gender(1 month before the trek.)
- Height(1 month before the trek.)
- Blood type(1 month before the trek.)
- Family configuration-father's and mother's Education level(1 month before the trek.)
- Weight(1 month before the trek.)
- Age(1 month before the trek.)
- Family configuration-All Siblings(1 month before the trek.)
- Family configuration-live with which family or families(1 month before the trek.)
研究者
SHIH-HAO WANG, MD
Attending Physician
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital