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Registration number
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ACTRN12626001102369
Ethics application status
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Approved
Date submitted
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12/08/2026
Date registered
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7/09/2026
Date last updated
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7/09/2026
Date data sharing statement initially provided
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7/09/2026
Type of registration
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Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Supporting pre-service teachers’ holistic health during their final in-school teaching placement
Scientific title
Supporting pre-service teachers’ holistic health during their final in-school teaching placement
Additional trial identifiers [1] 318227 0
Nil
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Health condition
Health condition(s) studied:
Mental health 343208 0
Social isolation 343284 0
Physical inactivity 343285 0
Condition category
Condition code
Public Health 339298 339298 0 0
Health promotion/education

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of the intervention or exposure
We are aiming to support and assess pre-service teachers’ (PSTs) holistic health during their final in-school teaching placement.

Researchers and Initial Teacher Education providers should recognise the importance of providing emotional, mental, and physical support to those pre-service teachers on placement to foster a healthier, more resilient teaching workforce.

Our primary aim is to examine the feasibility of supporting pre-service teachers by exploring strategies and their effects to manage health-related concerns (physical activity/well-being, social support/networks) during placement. Essentially, we aim to help support/provide students with opportunities to be physically, socially and mentally healthy via zoom and physical activity sessions and understanding more about the practicality, management of said endeavours.

Our secondary aim is to understand the effectiveness of/and changes from, strategies to support physical activity/well-being, social support/networks.

There will be both physical and online support provided.

The physical activity sessions will include physical activity (PA) such as walks on the beach, body weight exercise/researcher led fitness sessions, social sports i.e., beach volleyball, frisbee, tennis etc). The students attending University are located close to these facilities and participants will need to attend in person. A PDHPE lecturer will be supervising/providing the PA sessions. The mode of administration will be in small group ie whoever can attend the sessions. Intensity of the PA sessions will be determined by the participants capabilities and experience. The physical activity sessions will run for 8 weeks, once each week. Affective state questionnaires will be administered at each session and this will be cross referenced to monitor adherence.

Fortnightly zoom mentoring sessions will be held via zoom as a collective cohort to build relationships, networks, and provide a means to talk about any challenges being experienced regarding teaching. Two sittings are being offered each fortnight though contain the same information/intent. NB:// The zoom slides/notes/resources will be made available to all consenting and non-consenting students not able to attend any of the (two offerings per fortnight) sessions. Two experienced teachers will be supervising/providing the sessions with 10+ years of experience. Zooms can be conducted anywhere they wish from participants, the researchers will be conducing these at the University of Newcastle.

Regarding the mode of administration, e.g. groups any amount are welcome, at home, etc

Session attendance to zoom will be via their recorded login attendance ie roll
Session attendance will be via the affective state questionnaire completion(s) handed out and returned before and after each PA session.

Total duration of the intervention will be over 8 weeks ie the final placement duration at the institute.
Intervention code [1] 335046 0
Prevention
Intervention code [2] 335047 0
Lifestyle
Intervention code [3] 335048 0
Behaviour
Description of the comparator or control
(No control group)
Control group
Uncontrolled

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 346522 0
Mental health
Timepoint [1] 346522 0
Baseline prior to the initiative commencement, and at 8-weeks post initiative.
Secondary outcome [1] 466200 0
Social isolation
Timepoint [1] 466200 0
Baseline prior to the initiative commencement, and at 8-weeks post initiative.
Secondary outcome [2] 466604 0
Physical activity enjoyment
Timepoint [2] 466604 0
Completed before and after each physical activity session
Secondary outcome [3] 466605 0
Semi-structured interviews (conducted by the Chief Investigator or Co-Investigator)
Timepoint [3] 466605 0
Approximate duration of interviews, e.g. 30 minutes, The assessment interview will be performed, within 2 weeks post initiative conclusion

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Any consenting pre-service teacher on their final teaching placement
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Healthy volunteers
No
Key exclusion criteria
Each consenting participant must complete a 'Pre-Exercise-Screening-Questionnaire'. No special population requirements though anyone would need to have a GP approval and discussion with the CI if particular health concerns were present.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis
Pre-post means from the online quantitative PA/well-being and social surveys will be examined for change scores.

Similar pre-post scores are to be examined relating the change in the affective states of the participants for each PA session over the course of 8 weeks.

The qualitative measures are recorded and will be transcribed later. Transcribing interviews verbatim and initial reading will be performed by the CI using SPSS.

The non-identifiable data will be amalgamated, and the CI will then look for patterns and connections between codes. Group related codes will be put into themes that capture the essence of what participants are expressing. Triangulation will be performed to compare findings across participants to identify commonalities and or differences to report findings into a coherent narrative.

Not a powered trial

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
15/04/2027
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
15/05/2027
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
20/08/2027
Actual
Sample size
Target
15
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 322721 0
Self funded/Unfunded
Name [1] 322721 0
Country [1] 322721 0
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Name
Dr. Mark Babic (University of Newcastle)
Address
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 325644 0
University
Name [1] 325644 0
University of Newcastle
Address [1] 325644 0
Country [1] 325644 0
Australia

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 321164 0
The University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee
Ethics committee address [1] 321164 0
Ethics committee country [1] 321164 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 321164 0
03/03/2025
Approval date [1] 321164 0
14/06/2025
Ethics approval number [1] 321164 0

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

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 152874 0
Dr Mark Babic
Address 152874 0
Callaghan Campus UoN, V building, V-128. University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308
Country 152874 0
Australia
Phone 152874 0
+61240550290
Fax 152874 0
Email 152874 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 152875 0
Mark Babic
Address 152875 0
Callaghan Campus UoN, V building, V-128. University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308
Country 152875 0
Australia
Phone 152875 0
+61240550290
Fax 152875 0
Email 152875 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 152876 0
Mark Babic
Address 152876 0
Callaghan Campus UoN, V building, V-128. University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308
Country 152876 0
Australia
Phone 152876 0
+61240550290
Fax 152876 0
Email 152876 0
[email protected]

Data sharing statement
Will the study consider sharing individual participant data?
No
No IPD sharing reason/comment: De-identified for ethics



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