Clinical trials: Stress Physiological
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Efficacy of Electric Fans in Children During Heat Waves
Extreme heat exposure is an escalating global public health concern, with climate change driving increases in the frequency, duration, and intensity of heat events.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Physiological Stress, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT07864103
- Testing
- Simulated exposure to indoor overheating without fans, Simulated exposure to indoor overheating with fans
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress
Exercise Intensity and Heat Responses in Children and Youth
Little is known about how children and youth regulate body temperature during exercise in the heat compared with young adults, including whether differences in whole-body heat exchange contribute to their responses.
- Conditions
- Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress, Child Development, Heat
- Trial name
- NCT07781592
- Testing
- Low-Intensity Exercise in the Heat, Moderate-Intensity Exercise in the Heat, Vigorous-Intensity Exercise in the Heat
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress
Ambient Temperature and Thermoregulation During Exercise in Children and Youth
Little is known about how children and youth regulate body temperature during exercise across different environmental temperatures compared with young adults, including whether differences in whole-body heat exchange contribute…
- Conditions
- Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress, Child Development, Heat
- Trial name
- NCT07781605
- Testing
- Exercise at 22°C, Exercise at 26°C, Exercise at 31°C
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Weight, Body Weight
Addressing Weight Bias Internalization to Improve Adolescent Weight Management Outcomes: Randomized Pilot Trial
Weight stigma and weight bias internalization (WBI) are common among adolescents at higher weight statuses. WBI is associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Weight, Body Weight, Weight Bias, Weight Stigma
- Trial name
- SWIFT (NCT06864208)
- Testing
- Behavioral Weight Management, Weight Bias Internalization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional
Biology, Identity & Opportunity Study
This study will implement an intervention designed to promote ethnic and racial identity development. It is hypothesized that the intervention will have positive effects on ethnic-racial identity development, stress biology…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional, Stress, Physiological
- Trial name
- BIO (NCT03412162)
- Testing
- Ethnic and Racial Identity Promotion, Academic Skills Promotion
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Chronic Widespread Pain, Stress, Psychological
Neurobiological Mechanisms of Stress in Youth With Chronic Widespread Pain
Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is a common chronic pain condition in youth and often associated with significant pain-related and psychosocial impairment.
- Conditions
- Chronic Widespread Pain, Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological
- Trial name
- NCT04488757
- Testing
- functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Allostatic Load Composite
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Impact of Indoor Overheating on Physiological Strain in Children
Communities worldwide are experiencing increasing heat extremes that challenge the limits of human thermoregulation, particularly among vulnerable populations such as children.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Physiological Stress, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT07261202
- Testing
- Simulated exposure to indoor overheating
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Oxidative Stress, Redox Imbalance
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Elite Female Turkish Cross-Country Skiers
This study is designed to investigate oxidative stress and antioxidant defense biomarkers in elite female cross-country skiers compared with sedentary women.
- Conditions
- Oxidative Stress, Redox Imbalance, Exercise-Induced Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07181889
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duvenciler Anadolu Lİsesi
Preterm, Pain, Acute
Comparison Three Methods on Endotracheal Aspiration in Preterm Infants
Stress and pain control are vital for newborns, especially preterm babies. While painful procedures cause physiological changes in the short term, they negatively affect brain development in the long term.
- Conditions
- Preterm, Pain, Acute, Physiological Stress, Nursing Care
- Trial name
- NCT05434364
- Testing
- Facilitated Tucking, Swaddling, Prone Position
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Residential Characteristics, Emotions
Adolescent Responses to Varying Environments in Virtual Reality Simulations
The objective of this study, named THRIVE (The Research In Virtual Environments Study), is to test hypotheses for how neighborhood environments influence stress and emotion, as a mechanism by which they may influence health.
- Conditions
- Residential Characteristics, Emotions, Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological
- Trial name
- NCT04465240
- Testing
- Virtual reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Stress Reaction, Stress, Psychological
Effects of Stress on Team Coordination and Performance
Healthcare teams often encounter challenging circumstances where they must deliver high-quality care. For a team to function effectively, its members must not only be individually competent, but they also need to collaborate and…
- Conditions
- Stress Reaction, Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological
- Trial name
- NCT05798052
- Testing
- Psychological stressors added to simulated clinical scenarios.
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Physiological Stress, Psychological Stress
Stress Reduction: A Pilot Study With Adolescents
This study will evaluate the feasibility of providing an onsite mindfulness intervention, delivered as part of the school health curriculum, to help high school-attending adolescents cope with stress.
- Trial name
- NCT02629016
- Testing
- Mindfulness, Wellness
- Volunteers
- 285 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Procedural Pain, Mother-Infant Interaction
Maternal Involvement in Pain Management in NICU
Infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) may experience a negative impact due to multiple painful and stressful procedures during their hospitalization.
- Conditions
- Procedural Pain, Mother-Infant Interaction, Infant, Newborn, Stress, Physiological
- Trial name
- NCT04883944
- Testing
- Intervention group, Standard care group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Stress, Physiological, Sport Injury
Immediate Effect of Non-invasive Auricular Acupoint Stimulation for the Performance and the Meridian Activities of Archery Athletes
In our hypothesis, auricular acupoint stimulation might improve the attention and heart rate variability in archery athletes. The meridian activities regarding the attention and action in Chinese medicine systems might be…
- Trial name
- NCT04637607
- Testing
- Auricular acupoints stimulation
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Infant Behavior, Pain, Acute
Multiple Sensory Interventions On Infants' Pain and Physiological Distress During Neonatal Screening Procedures
The study purposes are to compare the effects of different combinations of sensory interventions on newborns' pain responses, physiological distress (heart rate and oxygen saturation), and crying event during heel stick…
- Conditions
- Infant Behavior, Pain, Acute, Physiological Stress, Breast Milk
- Trial name
- MSI (NCT04851353)
- Testing
- GT+VC, Smell, Taste
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
Subjective Stress, Mood States
Clown Visits in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
This pilot study aims at investigating short-term effects of clown visits by RED NOSES Clowndoctors Austria in children and adolescents in psychiatric care without control group.
- Conditions
- Subjective Stress, Mood States, Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04844398
- Testing
- Clown visits by RED NOSES Clowndoctors Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vienna
Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological
Impact of Music in the Preoperative Stress of Children Undergoing General Surgery
Preoperative anxiety and stress are present in up to 60% of pediatric patients undergoing surgery, having a great physiological and emotional impact on children in both the short and long term.
- Trial name
- NCT02947919
- Testing
- Music
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Premature Infant, Physiological Stress
Effects of OMT on Premature Physiological Parameters
Osteopathic manipulative treatment has been showed to reduce LOS in premature infants. Despite the clinical effectiveness, lack of data and information on the physiological underpinning effects during the treatment has been…
- Trial name
- NCT03833635
- Testing
- osteopathic manipulative treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Come Collaboration
Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological
Stress Inoculation Through Virtual Reality in the Pediatric Electrophysiology Laboratory
The goal of this study is to assess the utility of virtual reality technology to aid in the mental health of patients with cardiac disease, specifically looking at decreasing anxiety and perceptions of pain from stressful…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological, Anxiety, Pain Perception
- Trial name
- NCT02949401
- Testing
- Use of Virtual Reality App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stress, Physiological
Cortisol Measurement During Intravenous Access With a Medical Clown
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the presence of a medical clown in a pediatric emergency department procedure room would reduce children's anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT02168998
- Testing
- Clown
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center