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The Effect of Audio-hypnosis on the Academic Performance of Nursing Students.

ConditionsAgeResidencyGenderStressArterial PressureHEART RATESatisfactionExam Score
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorHASSAN 1st university

About this trial

Exam stress significantly affects the mental health and cognitive functions of nursing students. Audio-hypnosis offers a practical and low-cost intervention.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a single audio-hypnosis session on perceived stress, heart rate, and academic results.

Methods: A pilot randomized trial will be conducted with 20 second-year students at ISPITS Safi, divided into an intervention group and a control group (n=10 each). Anxiety (VAS), heart rate (HR), and exam grades were analyzed.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Students enrolled in the first year of nursing training at the Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Technician Professions in Safi.

Volunteer students who have agreed to participate in the study and signed a free and informed consent.

Disqualifiers

Students who refuse to participate or do not sign consent.

Students who have already undergone a hypnosis session themselves.

Students with known psychological disorders.

Students with epilepsy or a history of seizures.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Audio hypnosis

    Behavioral

    the registred audio hypnosis General script structure: 1. Introduction and preparation * Invitation to settle down comfortably * Brief explanation of the session and its objectives 2. Hypnotic induction * Slow and deep breathing techniques * Gradual focus on bodily sensations * Installation of a state of relaxation 3. In-depth study * Visualization of a quiet and secure place * Sensation of gradual relaxation of the body and mind 4. Therapeutic suggestions * Reduction of stress and negative thoughts * Building trust and self-efficacy * Activating internal resources for academic success 5. Positive projection * Self-visualization while calmly studying for a exam * To see themselves arrive at the exam with serenity and concentration 6. Exiting a trance * Gradual return to the state of arousal * Feeling of calm and lasting confidence

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Hypnosis groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

exam stress

the level of stress on the morning of the exam for both groups before the exam. For the hypnosis group, the stress level will be assessed before and after the audio-hypnosis session to measure the effect size. The stress level will be assessed with a visual analog scale (VAS) of 10 points.

Time frame
Baseline
2

acaedmic performance

Academic performance: exam scores will be assessed for both groups. the score will range between 0 to 20 points

Time frame
Baseline

Secondary outcomes

1

Heart rate

Heart rate before the exam: for both groups, these parameters will be evaluated in the audio-hypnosis group after the hypnosis session.

Time frame
Baseline
2

Satisfaction level

the level of satisfaction with the performance of participants in the exam will be assessed at the end of the exam for both groups with a 10-point VAS scale.

Time frame
baseline

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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HASSAN 1st university

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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