Clinical trials: Stress and Performance
Risk of Heat Stress
Impact of Pre-cooling in Adolescent Tennis Athletes
Many tennis tournaments are played outdoors in hot and humid conditions, which poses a significant challenge particularly for children athletes.
- Trial name
- NCT04197375
- Testing
- Thermal stress and performance using a pre-cooling protocol, Thermal stress and performance without a pre-cooling protocol
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Petros Dinas
Fetal Health, Pregnancy Related
Non Stress Test and Music Performance
Today, many methods are used in the evaluation of intrauterine fetal well-being. Non-stress test (NST) method is mostly used in the non-invasive evaluation of fetal well-being during pregnancy and labor.
- Trial name
- NCT05325840
- Testing
- music terapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Neonatal Neurobehavior
Effect of KMC on Neurobehavior of Preterm Neonates
This prospective cohort study was conducted on stable preterm infants (31 to 35 weeks gestation). Neonates were subjected to either daily KMC for 60 minutes, daily KMC for 120 minutes or conventional care (controls) for at least…
- Trial name
- NCT03740594
- Testing
- KMC
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Stress, Performance
Effects of Virtual Reality on Anxiety, Stress, and Work Performance in ICU Nurses
Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses often experience high levels of stress and anxiety due to the emotional demands of caring for critically ill patients.
- Conditions
- Stress, Performance, Immersive Virtual Reality, Intensive Care (ICU)
- Trial name
- VR-ICU Nurse S (NCT07097519)
- Testing
- Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Healthy
Effects of Hydrocortisone in Patients With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The purpose of this study is to determine whether people who develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after a trauma have increased sensitivity to the effects of a stress hormone.
- Trial name
- NCT00039715
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Burnout Syndrome, Nurse's Role
The Effects of "Three Good Things" Positive Psychotherapy on Nurses' Burnout
A randomized, controlled trial was conducted for 73 Chineses nurses from The Second Xiangya Hospitcal of Central South University (33 in the experimental group, 40 in the control group).
- Trial name
- NCT03645798
- Testing
- "Three good things" therapy, Normal psychological instruction
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) to Improve Cognitive Performance in Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Children
The flavonoid epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a modulator of neuronal plasticity useful in other neurodevelopmental diseases.
- Trial name
- Neuro-SAF (NCT02558933)
- Testing
- Epigallocatechin gallate
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica
Stress, Heart Rate Variability
Heart Rate Variability and Stress Management Enhancement
This study will be conducted by using two devices (Apollo and Biostrap) for monitoring of baseline physiologic variables and heart rate variability.
- Trial name
- NCT04381182
- Testing
- Apollo Wearable Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joseph Maroon
Spinal Puncture Complications, Simulation-based Training
The Effect of Simulation-Based Training on Performance and Stress in the Clinical Setting
This study will investigate the effect of simulation-based training with mastery learning (SBML) on novice performers' lumbar puncture (LP) performance in a clinical setting.
- Conditions
- Spinal Puncture Complications, Simulation-based Training, Stress, Emotional
- Trial name
- NCT03163927
- Testing
- Simulation-based training
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Sleep Deprivation, Burnout, Professional
Cognitive Performance After a Night Shift in Internal Medicine Residents
A quasi-experimental design where internal medicine residents in a high complexity hospital were assessed after a 24-hour shift for cognitive impairment by a trained neurologist.
- Conditions
- Sleep Deprivation, Burnout, Professional, Cognition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04053556
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Sleep Deprivation, Cold Exposure
Modafinil to Optimize the Performance of Cold-Stressed Sleep-Deprived Personnel
Environmental and workplace stressors are common and often unavoidable in military operations. Two critical stressors are cold stress and sleep loss. They both can substantially degrade operational effectiveness.
- Trial name
- NCT07830056
- Testing
- Modafinil (M), 200 mg Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Healthy, Athletes
Evaluation of the Ergogenic Properties of Hesperetin on Exercise-induced Fatigue
Twenty young, healthy, physically active men and women (12~30 years) did a pre-post trial randomized into placebo or HST trials (500 mg/d for two weeks).
- Trial name
- NCT07104734
- Testing
- Hesperetin (Hesperetin trial)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Sleep, Occupational Stress
A Proactive Intervention Promoting Strategies for Sleep and Recovery in Nurses
Considering the known challenges facing newly graduated nurses, there are possibilities to implement preventive actions. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of a preventive intervention among newly graduated…
- Conditions
- Sleep, Occupational Stress, Fatigue, Behavior, Health
- Trial name
- NCT04246736
- Testing
- Bädda för Kvalitet
- Where
- 7 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Laparoscopic Surgery Simulation, Mental Workload
Impact of Preferred Music on Laparoscopic Task Performance and Mental Workload in Novice Surgeons
This single-blinded, three-arm randomized controlled trial evaluated the effects of different auditory environments on laparoscopic task performance and mental workload among novice surgeons in a simulated setting.
- Conditions
- Laparoscopic Surgery Simulation, Mental Workload, Stress, Psychomotor Performance
- Trial name
- NCT07738848
- Testing
- Behavioral: Preferred Music, White Noise, SIlent Control
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Athletes, Iron
Oslo Footballplayers Iron Supplementation and Training (FIT) Study
The aim of the study is to characterize the diet and iron status of young female elite football players and examine the relationship between iron intake, iron status, hemoglobin levels, intestinal health and sports performance.
- Conditions
- Athletes, Iron, Endurance Performance, Hemoglobin
- Trial name
- Oslo-FIT (NCT04526678)
- Testing
- Iron supplement (27mg)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Suicide, Suicidal
CAMPUS Expanded "Classification and Assessment of Mental Health Performance Using Semantics Expanded"
Open enrollment study to collect data for the optimization of machine learning models for use in an app for the early detection of mental health and suicidal risk.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Suicidal, Suicide, Attempted, Suicidal Ideation
- Trial name
- CAMPUS-E (NCT04493736)
- Testing
- MHSAFE app recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Clarigent Health
Performance, Recovery
Effects of Root Extract Ashwagandha (KSM-66) on Physiological Stress, Perception of Recovery and Muscle Strength in Youth Footballers
This trial examines if six weeks of taking 450 mg Ashwagandha root extract affects exercise performance and recovery in youth male elite football players.
- Conditions
- Performance, Recovery, Strength, Aerobic Endurance
- Trial name
- NCT07343219
- Testing
- Root extract Ashwagandha, Corn Starch
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sports Performance and Applied Research in Trials and Analysis
Stress, Sleep Disturbance
Let´s Talk About Sleep in College Student
The concern about the quality of sleep of university students, future professionals of the world, must be crucial for the scientific community, as well as for university professors and professors.
- Trial name
- USLEEP (NCT05265494)
- Testing
- Non invasive neuromodulation NESA (XSIGNAL device)
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria