Clinical trial NCT04769284: Psychological State of Students of Health Sciences During COVID-19
Official title: Psychological State of University Students of Health Sciences During COVID-19
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Stress, Psychological
Anxiety
Depression
Covid19
Keywords: university students
physical activity
gender stereotype
Lead sponsor: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Universidad de Zaragoza
First posted: 2021-02-24
Enrollment: 332
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population will be made up of nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Zaragoza. Students will be able to answer the questions through their electronic devices. At no time will it be known which student has responded since he is totally anonymous and voluntary.

Brief summary: University students report high levels of stress, anxiety and depression every year, which, according to some research, responsible for university administration and popular media, constitutes a global crisis of mental health of students at these levels.

Exposure to academic stress directly compromises students' motivation and attitudes towards learning.

High levels of perceived distress in the face of inadequate resources to deal with the situation leaves people at risk of developing major psychiatric problems, especially when this distress is prolonged or severe.

Detailed description: Main goal:Study the impact of socio-demographic, personal and health factors that determine the performance / perception of pandemic stress) in students of Bachelor's degrees in Health Sciences.

Secondary objectives:

* Analyze the relationship between socio-demographic and personal characteristics and the perception of stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
* Identify the relationship between the perception of stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of gender / physical activity and the academic performance of undergraduate students in Health Sciences.

Methodology All variables will be obtained only once by means of a survey through google form. The questionnaire will be disseminated to all students of the degrees, by institutional email, through direct contact with the delegates of each course. After the first two weeks, a reminder will be made following the same routes. There will be no follow-up.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students of the degree of nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy belonging to the Faculty of Health Sciences

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not belonging to any degree in Health Sciences of the Faculty of Health Sciences

Primary outcomes:
measure: Modified version of EPP-10 related to COVID-19 (EPP-10-C)
timeFrame: 3 minutes
measure: Abbreviated Goldberg Anxiety Scale EADG
timeFrame: 3 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Gender stereotypes: Short version of the Bem Sex Rol Inventory (BRSI).
timeFrame: 4 minutes
measure: Short International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
timeFrame: 4 minutes
Other outcomes:
measure: Sociodemographic variables
timeFrame: 4 minutes
Locations:
city: Zaragoza
country: Spain
facility: Faculty of Health Sciences. Zaragoza's University
Study officials:
affiliation: Zaragoza´s University
name: Beatriz F Rodríguez Roca
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Zaragoza´s University
name: Estela F Calatayud Sanz
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Zaragoza´s University
name: Isabel F Gómez Soria
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Zaragoza´s University
name: Ángel M Gasch Gallén
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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