The Effects of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Mental Health Outcomes and Academic Success in First Year Physical Therapy Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 23
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Patient Health Questionnaire-8
研究概览
简要总结
Exploring the impact of a virtual reality program, First Resort on graduate physical therapy student wellness and academic success.
详细描述
This study is exploring the impact of an 8-week virtual reality intervention among graduate physical therapy students. Self-report measures of anxiety, depression and stress will be collected pre/post to assess the impact of the virtual reality intervention.
Purpose:
- Determine if there is an impact of a virtual reality intervention on symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress levels in first year physical therapy doctoral students
- Explore correlations between performance, anxiety, depression, stress and First Resort use in first year physical therapy doctoral students
- Explore the feasibility of use of First Resort app in first year physical therapy doctoral students
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 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
- •Physical Therapy students enrolled at a single university in the southern United States during the fall 2024 semester
排除标准
- •Patient Health Questionnaire-8 score of 15 or more General Anxiety Disorder-7 score of 15 or more History of seizures History of motion sickness History of epilepsy History of balance impairment History of significant visual History of auditory impairment
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
8 week First Resort virtual reality navigated through Meta Quest II headset devices
干预措施: First Resort (Other)
Delayed experimental intervention group
8 week First Resort virtual reality navigated through Meta Quest II headset devices delayed by one semester
干预措施: First Resort (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Patient Health Questionnaire-8
时间窗: 8 weeks
Self-reported questionnaire most frequently used worldwide for the screening and severity assessment of depression. Minimum score of 0 indicating no or minimal depression and maximum of 24 which is severe depression.
General Anxiety Disorder-7
时间窗: 8 weeks
Self-reported questionnaire to measure or assess the severity of generalized anxiety disorder. Minimum score of 0 indicating no or minimal anxiety and maximum of 21 which is severe anxiety.
Perceived Stress Scale-10
时间窗: 8 weeks
Self-reported measure of global perceived stress. Minimum score of 0 indicating low perceived stress and maximum of 40 which high perceived stress.
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8
时间窗: 8 weeks
Self-reported questionnaire assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Minimum score of 8 indicating low satisfaction and maximum of 32 which is very high satisfaction.
Self-reported Cumulative Grade Point Average
时间窗: 8 weeks
Participants self-report the overall semester grade point average. 0.0-4.0 with 0.0 indicating failure and 4.0 indicating all A's.
次要结局
- Patient Health Questionnaire-2(8 weeks)
- General Anxiety Disorder-2(8 weeks)
- The exit survey included several questions about Life style factors(8 weeks)
- Qualitative feedback_Focus groups(8 weeks)
- Descriptive categorical(8 weeks)
研究者
Sue Curfman
Associate Professor
Belmont University