Universities
Conditions
Interventions
This is a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted at a public university in the city of Diamantina, Minas Gerais. The study was developed over four academic semesters, involving two classes (pe
an anxiety, depression, and stress scale
and a reduced academic experience questionnaire. Integrative Community Therapy constitutes an Integrative and Complementary Health Practice, recognized by the National Policy on Integrative and Comple
Sponsors
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be a first-semester student, regardless of age and gender; to have participated in the initial meeting; and to have signed the Informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Incomplete completion of the study instruments; being in psychological or psychiatric treatment concurrent with the study; prior diagnosis of mental disorder; continuous use of psychotropic drugs; interfering clinical conditions; adherence of less than 95% to the meetings
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To reduce the severity of symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, with a potential positive impact on the adaptation process to university life. This reduction was analyzed using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. This scale was applied before and after the intervention to compare the severity of symptoms between the groups and subsequently analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| As a secondary outcome, adaptation to university life was assessed, measured using the Academic Experiences Questionnaire – reduced version (QVA-r) and analyzed using the t-test and ANOVA of distributed measures; and also dropout rates in the courses where the intervention was analyzed using institutional data and subsequently by the Kruskal-Wallis test. | — |
Countries
BR
Contacts
Public ContactAlessandro Alves
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Outcome results
None listed