Resilience Programming for Occupational Therapy Students

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorLoma Linda University

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of integrated health and resiliency programs into the Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational therapy curriculum.

The objectives are to:

1. Determine if students perceive health and resiliency programming as beneficial for their health and well-being 2. Determine if students' lifestyle behaviors, self-esteem, attachment security, and mindfulness improve with health and resiliency programming 3. Determine if students' symptoms of depression and anxiety reduce after participating in health and resiliency programs

Students will engage in resilience programming as part of their regular coursework and be invited to complete pre and post assessments to test the effectiveness of programming.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

students enrolled in the Entry Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at Loma Linda University

Enrolled during June 2023 to June 2029

Between 18-65 years of age

Of any gender

Disqualifiers

N/A

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Health and resiliency programming

    Behavioral

    Students will engage in resilience programming as part of their regular coursework including mindfulness training, lifestyle medicine interventions, and creating a coping plan.

Treatment groups

130 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Health Promoting Lifestyle II (Walker, Sechrist, & Pender, 1987)

This questionnaire contains 52 statements about respondents' present way of life or personal habits. Respondents are asked to respond to each item as accurately as possible on a 4-point Likert scale (never, sometimes, often, routinely). Example items include "Inspect my body at least monthly for physical changes/danger signs".

Time frame
Three years
2

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1989)

Include a list of 10 statements dealing with general feelings about oneself. Respondents are asked to indicate how strongly they agree or disagree with each statement on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree). An example item is "I am able to do things as well as most other people."

Time frame
Three years
3

State Adult Attachment Measure (Gillath et al., 2009)

Contains 21 statements concerning how the respondent feels right now in their relationship with others and self. Respondents indicate how much they agree or disagree with the statement as it reflects their current feelings on a 7-point sliding scale with 7 indicating 'agree strongly'. An example statement is "I wish someone close could see me now."

Time frame
Three years
4

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Kroenke et al., 2001)

Asks respondents to indicate how often they have been bothered by any of the following nine problems listed, over the last 2 weeks. Respondents use a 4-point Likert scale (not at all, several days, more than half the days, nearly everyday). An example statement is "Poor appetite or overeating."

Time frame
Three years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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