The Effectiveness of Stress Management Training on Perceiving and Coping With Stress and Developing Resilience
NCT Number: NCT06502314
Status: COMPLETED
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Stress Management|Perceived Stress|Coping Strategy|Psychological Resilience
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Stress management training
Sponsor: Kutahya Health Sciences University
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 102
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: FACTORIAL|Masking: SINGLE (PARTICIPANT)|Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
Start Date: 2024-03-06
Completion Date: 2024-05-08
Locations: Kutahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Merkez, 43700, Turkey

Summary:
Associate degree students studying in the field of health perform their professions in the status of intermediate staff related to health in our country. They are in direct or indirect contact with every segment of the society within the health system. They are also in a multidisciplinary team. This enables them to interact within the team. Therefore, it can be clearly said that the stress they will be in may affect other team members. In previous studies in the literature, it is seen that more studies have been conducted with undergraduate health professional candidates. However, considering that associate degree health students start their professional life at a younger age, it can be thought that they may have more difficulties in coping with the stress that the health sector may cause. This situation can be facilitated by strengthening their psychological resilience. In this study, it can be said that it is important to provide stress management training and measure its effectiveness by taking these factors into consideration. It can be thought that the results will contribute to the importance by filling the gap in the literature.

Objective: This study was a pretest-posttest randomised controlled psychoeducational intervention in which the effect of stress management training given to first-year health students on their perceived stress, coping methods and psychological resilience was examined.

Research hypotheses H1: Perceived stress post-test scores of first-year health students who received stress management training will be lower than those who did not receive the same training.

H2: The post-test scores of the first-year health students who received stress management training will be higher than the post-test scores of the students who did not receive the same training.

H3: First-year health students who receive stress management training will have higher psychological resilience post-test scores than students who do not receive the same training.

Methods: The study was conducted with 102 health students, 51 intervention and 51 control. Randomly assigned intervention group received stress management training consisting of 7 modules for 7 weeks. No intervention was given to the control group. Data were collected using sociodemographic form, perceived stress scale, stress coping methods scale and short psychological resilience scale. Pre-test and post-tests were administered to both groups.

Primary Outcome Measures: Change in "Perceived Stress Scale" scores, This scale evaluates the stress perceptions of individuals in the face of certain situations encountered in their lives. The scale has a five-point Likert scale. The scale has two sub-dimensions but the total scale score was used for this study. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 0 and the highest score is 56. The higher the score obtained by the individuals from the scale, the higher the stress perception. It was aimed to compare and evaluate the change in perceived stress levels of the participants before and after the planned psychoeducation for 7 weeks., It was applied as a pre-test before the intervention and as a post-test 2 weeks after the intervention completed, within 1 week, and the change was observed.|Change in "Stress Coping Methods Scale" scores, The coping methods scale was used to measure coping methods with stress. The scale consists of a five-factor structure but the total scale score was used for this study. Consisting of 24 statements, the scale is graded in 5-point Likert type. It can be said that individuals develop methods of coping with stress as the score they get from the scale increases. It was aimed to compare and evaluate the changes in the participants' methods of coping with stress before and after the psychoeducation planned for 7 weeks., It was applied as a pre-test before the intervention and as a post-test 2 weeks after the intervention completed, within 1 week, and the change was observed.|Change in "Brief Resilience Scale" scores, The scale is a 5-point Likert-type, 6-item, self-report measurement tool developed in order to measure the psychological resilience of individuals. High scores indicate high psychological resilience. It was aimed to compare and evaluate the changes in the participants' psychological resilience before and after the psychoeducation planned for 7 weeks., It was applied as a pre-test before the intervention and as a post-test 2 weeks after the intervention completed, within 1 week, and the change was observed.