Back to resultsReducing Test Anxiety in High School Students
Primary Purpose
Test Anxiety
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Portugal
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Intervention
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Test Anxiety
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 10th grade students; both students and parents provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- cognitive inability to answer the questionnaire and/or to participate in the intervention
Sites / Locations
- Alves Martins High School
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
No Intervention
Arm Label
Intervention
Control
Arm Description
Cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness, psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques
Care as usual
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Test anxiety
Participants' test anxiety will be assessed using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 10 to 50 points. Higher scores mean higher anxiety levels.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Worry
Participants' worry will be assessed using the Worry subscale (items 1-5) of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 5 to 25 points. Higher scores mean higher worry-related anxiety levels.
Emotionality
Participants' emotionality will be assessed using the Emotionality subscale (items 6-10) of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 5 to 25 points. Higher scores mean higher emotionality-related anxiety levels.
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT05481099
First Posted
July 27, 2022
Last Updated
July 28, 2022
Sponsor
Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões
Collaborators
Casa de Saúde São Mateus - Hospital
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05481099
Brief Title
Reducing Test Anxiety in High School Students
Official Title
Efficacy of a Cognitive Behavioural-based Intervention in Reducing Test Anxiety in High School Students: a Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
July 2022
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
December 1, 2019 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
March 10, 2020 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
March 10, 2020 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões
Collaborators
Casa de Saúde São Mateus - Hospital
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
School-age test anxiety is an important risk factor for school performance. Notwithstanding, few studies seek to identify which strategies are effective in improving test anxiety. This study aimed to test whether a cognitive-behavioural intervention for high school students could significantly reduce test anxiety.
A two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled, unblinded, parallel, trial was conducted. Participants were students of the 10th year of the Alves Martins High School in Viseu, Portugal. Students were randomized at class level to receive a cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness, psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques, or to a control group with no intervention. Participants' anxiety levels were measured using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The analysis of the effect of the intervention was carried out on an intention-to-treat basis at the class level, using multilevel mixed effects models and Bayesian modelling.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Test Anxiety
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
519 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Intervention
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness, psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques
Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Care as usual
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Intervention
Intervention Description
Cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness (attention focus), psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques (short version of Jacobson's progressive relaxation, breathing exercises)
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Test anxiety
Description
Participants' test anxiety will be assessed using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 10 to 50 points. Higher scores mean higher anxiety levels.
Time Frame
12 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Worry
Description
Participants' worry will be assessed using the Worry subscale (items 1-5) of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 5 to 25 points. Higher scores mean higher worry-related anxiety levels.
Time Frame
12 weeks
Title
Emotionality
Description
Participants' emotionality will be assessed using the Emotionality subscale (items 6-10) of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Scores on the questionnaire range from 5 to 25 points. Higher scores mean higher emotionality-related anxiety levels.
Time Frame
12 weeks
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
10th grade students; both students and parents provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
cognitive inability to answer the questionnaire and/or to participate in the intervention
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Alves Martins High School
City
Viseu
Country
Portugal
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
No
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