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Mental Health Wellness 1NCT05282537

Health Parameters of University Students After Pandemic Isolation

An observational study of Mental Health Wellness 1 and Sedentary Behavior, run by Universidad Autonoma de Baja California at 1 site in Mexico.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus represents threats to global health and economy. The high pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 extent that the Mexican government declared a national health emergency, agreeing to take extraordinary measures such as the suspension of non-essential work, including the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Mental Health Wellness 1, Sedentary Behavior
What is being tested?
In person academic activities
How many people
280 participants
Where
1 siteMexico
Study dates
14 Mar 2022to 16 Dec 2022
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 25 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Study population: 325 undergraduate students form the Medical and Phsychology School of the Autonomous University of Baja California will be invited to participate voluntarily.

Who may be able to join

  • Health Sciences Students
  • Informed consent sign

Who cannot join

  • Fail a course by absences
  • No assistance to evaluations

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Mexico1 site
  • Medical and Psychology School

    Tijuana, California, 22390

Other trials in Mexico

About this study

Official title: Evaluation of Mental Health, Sleep Quality, Level of Physical Activity, Food Intake, and Body Composition Before and After One Year of Face-to-face Academic Activities in University Students

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus represents threats to global health and economy. The high pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 extent that the Mexican government declared a national health emergency, agreeing to take extraordinary measures such as the suspension of non-essential work, including the suspension of academic activities at all levels, in order to minimize the dispersion and transmission of the virus and its consequences. Several previously reported quarantine evaluations have shown that psychological stress reactions can arise from the experience of physical and social isolation, so the current global threat of isolation has shaken the usual practices of the general population, including young people, and resulting in the modification of their academic, labor and social dynamics.

The usual behavior in this phenomenon establishes that greater social isolation is associated with less satisfaction with life, higher levels of depression and lower levels of psychological well-being or performance as well as changes in diet. Understanding the factors related to coping with COVID-19 is essential to issue guidance on health in the student population, for that, the present proposal intends to evaluate changes in health parameters derived from the resumption of academic activities in person for a year in university students of health sciences area.

Read the detailed description

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) caused an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in late December 2019, causing coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). After its high contagion capacity, a couple of weeks later the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 an international public security emergency, and by March 2020 it was officially declared a pandemic.

The rapid increase in the number of cases of infection and deaths from COVID-19 forced national governments to take extreme control and prevention measures. In Mexico, the community health strategy was defined in the "National Day of Healthy Distance", where the main guidelines included avoiding inter-personal contagion through confinement, forcing the suspension of all non-essential activities, which included the suspension of academic activities at all levels.

Although the measures that were taken to mitigate the spread of the disease are obtaining favorable results with respect to the transmission of the virus, but the modification of the academic, work, food and social dynamics are having an unprecedented impact on biological, psychological and social health of the population. In this sense, maintaining and promoting the physical and mental health of the population is a challenge that transcends the individual level and demands actions at the local, national and global levels.

Social isolation is a multidimensional event that contemplates both the quantity, as well as the inadequate quality of interactions with other people, including those not only in the family environment, but also at the community level. Social isolation has been studied mainly in older adults derived from their retirement or low mobility, however, the current global threat of isolation has shaken the usual practices of the general population, including young people and resulting in the modification of their academic, labor and social dynamics.

The usual behavior in this phenomenon establishes that greater social isolation is associated with lower life satisfaction, higher levels of depression and lower levels of psychological well-being or performance as well as changes in diet. The invitation to social isolation contemplated in the strategy of the Mexican government promoted the decrease in the level of physical activity in individuals during the last two years, while eating patterns were substantially modified by emotional and economic phenomena associated with each person. These levels of physical activity associated with food choices (voluntary or conditioned) have been shown to negatively affect health.

The lifestyle of university students prior to isolation due to the pandemic was already considered a risk factor for developing chronic non-communicable diseases, due to poor dietary intake, a low level of physical activity and a high level of sedentary lifestyle. Isolation has been shown to decrease physical activity levels and develop poor eating habits in North American university students, specifically in a study that included 125 participants, of which only 16% met the Canadian criteria for physical activity a week before of the pandemic, only 9.6% continued to comply with them during isolation. Furthermore, of the participants who did not meet the physical activity requirements, 55% showed a significant decrease in physical activity levels.

In response to the confinement due to the pandemic, clinically significant results have been reported regarding the presence of mental health problems such as acute stress and anguish in university students of health sciences area. This phenomenon has been attributed to the fact that students of health sciences area have a greater knowledge of COVID-19 (according to the general population), the risks associated with contracting it, symptoms and its possible social impact, for which may be more susceptible to develop mental health problems during the period of confinement.

In addition to confinement and physical inactivity, instability in the national economy contributes substantially to the genesis of mental health effects, such as fear, stress, and anxiety. The interplay between emotions and eating (referred to as emotional eating) has been addressed before, with evidence that changes in food intake are consistently the primary response during altered mental states.

Being tested
In person academic activities
Keywords
Anxiety, Depression, Body composition, Food intake
Medical subject headings
Sedentary Behavior, Anxiety Disorders, Depression

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • In person academic activitiesBehavioural

    All participants will perform academic activities in person from March to December, 2022

Study groups in NCT05282537
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
In person academic activities groupUniversity students of health sciences area returning to in person academic activities in Mexico. All university students will return to in person academic activities in March, 2022, for that reason a limitation is that it is no possible to have a control group (Nobody is going to continue in virtual academic activities).
Receives: Behavioral: In person academic activities

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Depression

    Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-7)

    Measured: March-December, 2022

  2. Physical activity

    International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ, short form)

    Measured: March-December, 2022

  3. Body fat percentage

    Air Displacement Plethysmography

    Measured: March-December, 2022

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Anxiety

    General Anxiety Disorder 7 Questionnaire (GAD-7)

    Measured: March-December, 2022

  2. Sleep Quality

    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Measured: March-December, 2022

  3. Body Mass Index

    Body Weight and Body Mass Evaluation

    Measured: March-December, 2022

  4. Waist to hip ratio

    Waist and hip girths

    Measured: March-December, 2022

  5. Food intake

    24 hour recalls

    Measured: March-December, 2022

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Mar 2022
  2. Study start14 Mar 2022
  3. Primary completion10 Jun 2022
  4. Study completion16 Dec 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
280 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05282537
Sponsor's protocol ID
UABC2022
Status last verified
Jul 2024
First submitted
7 Mar 2022
Last updated
30 Jul 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • World Health Organization. (2020). Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak, 18 March 2020 (No. WHO/2019-nCoV/MentalHealth/2020.1.

  • Diario Oficial de la Federación, 2020. Acuerdo por el que se establecen las medidas preventivas que se deberán implementar para la mitigación y control de los riesgos para la salud que implica la enfermedad por el virus SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19). Visitado el 24 de febrero del 2022 en: https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5590339&fecha=24/03/2020.

  • Prowse R, Sherratt F, Abizaid A, Gabrys RL, Hellemans KGC, Patterson ZR, McQuaid RJ. Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Gender Differences in Stress and Mental Health Among University Students. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 7;12:650759. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.650759. eCollection 2021.

    PubMed 33897499
  • Gruber J, Prinstein MJ, Clark LA, Rottenberg J, Abramowitz JS, Albano AM, Aldao A, Borelli JL, Chung T, Davila J, Forbes EE, Gee DG, Hall GCN, Hallion LS, Hinshaw SP, Hofmann SG, Hollon SD, Joormann J, Kazdin AE, Klein DN, La Greca AM, Levenson RW, MacDonald AW, McKay D, McLaughlin KA, Mendle J, Miller AB, Neblett EW, Nock M, Olatunji BO, Persons JB, Rozek DC, Schleider JL, Slavich GM, Teachman BA, Vine V, Weinstock LM. Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action. Am Psychol. 2021 Apr;76(3):409-426. doi: 10.1037/amp0000707. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

    PubMed 32772538
  • Clair, R., Gordon, M., Kroon, M., & Reilly, C. (2021). The effects of social isolation on well-being and life satisfaction during pandemic. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8(1), 1-6.

  • Liu H, Zhang M, Yang Q, Yu B. Gender differences in the influence of social isolation and loneliness on depressive symptoms in college students: a longitudinal study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Feb;55(2):251-257. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01726-6. Epub 2019 May 21.

    PubMed 31115597
  • Dos Santos Quaresma MV, Marques CG, Magalhaes ACO, Dos Santos RVT. Emotional eating, binge eating, physical inactivity, and vespertine chronotype are negative predictors of dietary practices during COVID-19 social isolation: A cross-sectional study. Nutrition. 2021 Oct;90:111223. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111223. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

    PubMed 33934054
  • Martinez-Vazquez SE, Ceballos-Rasgado M, Posada-Velazquez R, Hunot-Alexander C, Nava-Gonzalez EJ, Ramirez-Silva I, Aguilar-Lopez DK, Quiroz-Olguin G, Lopez-Jara B, Delgado-de-la-Cruz C, Huescas-Juarez S, Silva M, Kaufer-Horwitz M. Perceived Diet Quality, Eating Behaviour, and Lifestyle Changes in a Mexican Population with Internet Access during Confinement for the COVID-19 Pandemic: ESCAN-COVID19Mx Survey. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 26;13(12):4256. doi: 10.3390/nu13124256.

    PubMed 34959806
  • Bertrand L, Shaw KA, Ko J, Deprez D, Chilibeck PD, Zello GA. The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on university students' dietary intake, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Mar;46(3):265-272. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0990. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

    PubMed 33449864
  • Li Y, Wang Y, Jiang J, Valdimarsdottir UA, Fall K, Fang F, Song H, Lu D, Zhang W. Psychological distress among health professional students during the COVID-19 outbreak. Psychol Med. 2021 Aug;51(11):1952-1954. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720001555. Epub 2020 May 11.

    PubMed 32389148
  • Liu J, Zhu Q, Fan W, Makamure J, Zheng C, Wang J. Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak. Front Psychiatry. 2020 May 13;11:459. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00459. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 32574242
  • Reichenberger J, Kuppens P, Liedlgruber M, Wilhelm FH, Tiefengrabner M, Ginzinger S, Blechert J. No haste, more taste: An EMA study of the effects of stress, negative and positive emotions on eating behavior. Biol Psychol. 2018 Jan;131:54-62. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.09.002. Epub 2016 Sep 18.

    PubMed 27654506

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Mental Health Wellness 1 and Sedentary Behavior, run by Universidad Autonoma de Baja California at 1 site in Mexico.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Jul 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Mexico. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Depression (time frame: March-December, 2022). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05282537, which also lists 12 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Jul 2024.

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