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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06792656




Registration number
NCT06792656
Ethics application status
Date submitted
16/01/2025
Date registered
27/01/2025

Titles & IDs
Public title
Measuring the Effectiveness of Forest Therapy to Alleviate Stress Among International Students
Scientific title
Forest Therapy for International Students
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
QA/109559/VICBH-2024-438742
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
FTIS-2024
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Stress Disorders 0 0
Stress 0 0
Anxiety 0 0
Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent) 0 0
Sleep Deprivation 0 0
Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm 0 0
Stress, Psychological 0 0
Lack of Physical Activity 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Other mental health disorders
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Anxiety

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - standardized Forest Therapy session (120 min)

Experimental: 2-hrs standardized Forest Therapy session - the intervention follows the strict protocol (script) of the INFTA Forest Therapy Guiding Sequence


Other interventions: standardized Forest Therapy session (120 min)
standardized, 2-hrs Forest Therapy session following the INFTA Forest Therapy Guiding Sequence
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Profile of Mood States (POMS)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
120 min (duration of standardized Forest Therapy session)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* All international students currently studying, planning to study of having completed their studies at a university in Victoria (Melbourne or regional) are eligible and invited to participate.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
* All domestic (Australian) students currently studying, planning to study of having completed their studies at a university in Victoria (Melbourne or regional).

Participation in this research project is voluntary.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
27/03/2024
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
15/12/2024
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
360
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA) - Newtown
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3220 - Newtown

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Honorary Associate Professor Dr. Dieter Kotte
Address 0 0
International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
government policy


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.


Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06792656