Feasibility and impact of a school-based exercise program on stress in older adolescents: The ‘STress Reactivity after Exercise in Senior Secondary EDucation’ (STRESSED) pilot randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Perceived stress; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour; Stress reactivity (cortisol); Psychological distress

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000672853
• Lead Sponsor: Jordan Smith

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 5 July 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

Study participants must be in Grade 11 at the study school.

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to participate in physical activity

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stress-reactivity to acute psychosocial stress will be assessed by analysis of salivary cortisol following completion of the Socially Evaluated Cold-Pressor Task (baseline) and Trier Social Stress Test (posttest). These two tests are different, but evaluate the same underlying physiological mechanism (i.e., activation of the HPA-axis in response to a stressor), and the outcome measure is the same (acute cortisol reactivity). Different tests are used, as novelty is a key attribute that supports the efficacy of these tests to induce a stress-response making repeated measures with the same test problematic[Baseline, 6-weeks post baseline assessments]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived stress will be assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale[Baseline, 6-weeks post baseline assessments];Cardiorespiratory fitness will be assessed using the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (laps)[Baseline, 6-weeks post baseline assessments];Upper body muscular endurance will be measured by a timed push-up test[Baseline, 6-weeks post baseline assessments];Psychological distress will be assessed using the K-10 Psychological Distress Scale.[Baseline, 6-weeks post baseline assessments];Lower body muscular power will be assessed by the standing broad jump test.[Baseline, 6-weeks post-baseline assessments]