Clinical trial NCT02830711: The Impact of a 3-day High-altitude Mountain Trek on the Emotional States of Children
Official title: The Impact of a 3-day High-altitude Mountain Trek on the Emotional States of Children
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Emotions
Keywords: happiness
anger
sadness
anticipation
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-07-13
Enrollment: 180
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 13
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 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).

Brief summary: 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.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

* 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline Emotion States (happiness, anticipation, sadness, and anger) at 1 week after the trek.
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek and 1 week after the trek.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Age
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Gender
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Weight
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Height
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Blood type
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Family configuration-father's and mother's Education level
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Family configuration-All Siblings
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
measure: Family configuration-live with which family or families
timeFrame: 1 month before the trek.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
name: SHIH-HAO WANG
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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