The Effect of a Self-Development Coaching Program on the Psychological Health and Academic Performance among Dental and Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

• Register: ANZCTR
• Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
• Main ID: ACTRN12614000896673
• Date of registration: 22/08/2014
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Faculty of dentistry, Umm Al-Qura University
• Public title: The Effect of a Self-Development Coaching Program on the Psychological Health and Academic Performance among Dental and Medical Students in Saudi Arabia
• Scientific title: Does a self-development coaching program "How to be an ultra Super Student" in compare to a placebo program, lead to improvements in depression, anxiety, stress, self-efficacy, satisfaction with life, and academic performance in dental and medical student at Makkah, Saudi Arabia?
• Date of first enrolment: 13/11/2012
• Target sample size: 130
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12614000896673.aspx
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Purpose: Educational / counselling / training; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Blinded (masking used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Efficacy;
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Saudi Arabia

Contacts

• Name: Mr Khalid Aboalshamat

• Name: Mr Khalid Aboalshamat

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Students in the 2nd/3rd years.
2. Medical/dental students
3. Students from Umm Al-Qura University

Exclusion criteria: 1. Already attended (How to be an Ultra Super Student) program during his/her academic life in the university.
2. Has a major psychological disorder (on psychological medication or seeing psychiatrist for mental disease)
3. Did not sign the study consent.


Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 25 Years
Gender: Both males and females

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

depression;anxiety;stress;self-efficacy level;satisfaction with life level;academic performance level;
depression
anxiety
stress
self-efficacy level
satisfaction with life level
academic performance level

Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

Public Health - Epidemiology

Intervention(s)

"How to Be an Ultra Super Student" is a self-development coaching program developed and has been run by a self-development coach and trainer since 2008. The contents were derived from the coach personal experiences and from reading and practicing self-development for years. The content was not validated neither formed according to evidence-based resources in 2008. Nevertheless, the program has been under the coach continues adjustments using coachees’ feedback. The program aims mainly to improve students' academic performance and improve their psychological health. The program is not using psychological therapeutic approaches, but rather uses series of skills and conceptual ideas about studying and coping with challenges during the academic journey, so participants can use them if they want.
The program is delivered as live course in a large lecture theatre at students’ free time where participants are supplied by each program's booklet and the program's audio CD. The program modules are: (1) Unleash your inner power: where information about self-efficacy and goals in life are discussed. (2) Manage your time effectively: different models and tips to utilize studying time efficiently. (3) The maximum usefulness of universities' lecture: different solutions to increase lecture time efficiency. (4) How to study and memorize effectively: skills with exercise to memorize better. (5) Dealing with exams: practical tips to deal with exams' time. (6) Religious teaches: Islamic teaches augment the previous skills and values in the Saudi religious cultural.
The CD content: (1) 24 study-motivation audio files. (2) Short version of muscle relaxation and positive messages. (3) Long version of muscle relaxation and positive messages. The program's way of conduction are: m

Primary Outcome(s)

Stress (DASS-21 stress sub-scale) [Baseline (before the intervention by 3 months) , immediately before the intervention, after the intervention with one week, and after the intervention by 5 weeks. ]

Anxiety (DASS-21 anxiety sub-scale) [Baseline (before the intervention by 3 months) , immediately before the intervention, after the intervention with one week, and after the intervention by 5 weeks. ]

Depression (DASS-21 depression sub-scale) [Baseline (before the intervention by 3 months) , immediately before the intervention, after the intervention with one week, and after the intervention by 5 weeks. ]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Self-efficacy mean score using (General Self-Efficacy Scale GSE)[Baseline (before the intervention by 3 months) , immediately before the intervention, after the intervention with one week, and after the intervention by 5 weeks. ]

Credibility and expectancy mean score using (Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire CEQ). [Immediately before the intervention, and after the intervention with one week. ]

Academic performance, measured by students' academic grades[Before the intervention at the 1st semester, and after the intervention by 3 months at the end of the second semester. ]

coach and coaching characteristics rating by participants: 11 question to ask about: Coachee satisfaction with the program, using personal experience of the coach, coaching program relevance, coach’s ability to get coachee’s attention, coach confidence, coach as a role model, having experience in the coach’s program content, coach convincing level, coach motivation level, coach ability to influence the coachee emotional, and coach empathy
[Only after the intervention by a week]

Satisfaction with life mean score (using Satisfaction With Life Scale SWLS).[Baseline (before the intervention by 3 months) , immediately before the intervention, after the intervention with one week, and after the intervention by 5 weeks. ]

Secondary ID(s)

Nil

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Faculty of Dentistry, Umm Al-Qura University

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Queensland University of Technology

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:

Queensland University of Technology Human Research Ethics Committee