Clinical trial NCT05567913: Change i Perceived Stress in School-age Students When Adding Physiotherapists to a School's Health Team.
Official title: Change in Perceived Stress Level and Stress-related Symptoms in Elementary School Students During Active Stress Prevention Work With the Addition of a Physiotherapist to the School's Student Health Team.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Stress-related Problem
Keywords: School health services
Physical therapy modalities
Mental health
Child
Adolescent
Lead sponsor: Vastra Gotaland Region
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
Collaborators: name: Dals-Ed Municipality
First posted: 2022-10-05
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 9
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All registered students in grade 4-9 at Haga school Dals-Ed, Sweden 2022-2025.

Brief summary: School stress and performance requirements have been shown to contribute to mental illness among children and young people.

Student health teams have an important role regarding mental health of children and young people. Swedish student health teams include various health and pedagogical professionals, but physiotherapists are uncommon, despite the good effects school-related physical activity interventions have had on reducing anxiety and improving well-being in children and young people.

Haga School, Dals-Ed has now employed physiotherapists as part of the student health team to support students in learning to define, reduce and manage stress.

The purpose of the research project is to investigate changes in perceived stress level and stress-related symptoms, as well as study results and absence from school during two years for students in grades 4 to 9 at Haga School. A questionnaire will be sent out on four occasions over two years. Group level statistics on study results and school absence will be compared with years previous to the introduction of the school physiotherapist. The research contributes to increased knowledge about effects of having a physiotherapist as part of a student health team in Sweden.

Detailed description: School stress and performance requirements have been shown to contribute to mental illness among children and young people.

Student health teams have an important role regarding mental health of children and young people. Swedish student health teams include various health and pedagogical professionals, but physiotherapists are uncommon, despite the good effects school-related physical activity interventions have had on reducing anxiety and improving well-being in children and young people.

Haga School, Dals-Ed has now employed physiotherapists as part of the student health team to support students in learning to define, reduce and manage stress.

The purpose of the research project is to investigate changes in perceived stress level and stress-related symptoms, as well as study results and absence from school during two years for students in grades 4 to 9 at Haga School. A questionnaire will be sent out on four occasions over two years. Group level statistics on study results and school absence will be compared with years previous to the introduction of the school physiotherapist. The research contributes to increased knowledge about effects of having a physiotherapist as part of a student health team in Sweden.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Registered students in grades 4-9 at Haga School in Dals-Ed, Sweden

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in perceived stress
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Reasons for stress
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: School stress factors School stress factors School stress factors
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Stress-related symptoms
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups
measure: Prevalence of specific stress-related symptoms
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups
measure: Stress-alleviating factors
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups
measure: Headache prevalence
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Stomach-ache prevalence
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Prevalence of irritability
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Prevalence of depressive feelings
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Sleeping habits
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Well-being at school
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Physical activity
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: Transportation to school
timeFrame: Change between inclusion and 8 month, 12 and 20 month follow-ups.
measure: School absence
timeFrame: Change between school-year 2021-2022 and 2023-2024.
measure: Study results
timeFrame: Change between school-year 2021-2022 and 2023-2024.
measure: Eligibility upper-level secondary school
timeFrame: Change between school-year 2021-2022 and 2023-2024.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ed
country: Sweden
facility: Haga School
Study officials:
affiliation: Region Västra Götaland, University of Gothenburg
name: Anna Bergenheim, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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