Can a new curriculum keep nursing students fit and healthy?
NCT ID NCT05817396
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested different ways to teach physical activity-related health competence to nursing students in Bavaria. Over 300 students from 16 schools participated, with some schools using new teaching methods and others serving as controls. The goal was to see which approach best helps students manage the physical and mental demands of nursing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) curriculum
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a proven method to teach nursing students how to stay healthy and active despite the physical demands of their job.
- What could go wrong
- This is an educational study, not a medical treatment. Results may vary across schools and may not apply outside Bavaria.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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335 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria (School/Cluster Level): * Private or Local Sponsorship * Location in Bavaria * Schools with 33-64 students in the first cohort (i.e., two or three classes per cohort) * School director providing informed written consent by March 1st 2023 Inclusion Criteria (Student Level): * Informed written consent to participate (or their legal guardians, if aged under 18 years) * Part of the first education year (in cohort 2023/2024) Exclusion Criteria: -if any of the criteria mentioned above is not given
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen, Bavaria, 91058, Germany
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