Effectiveness of a Nature Sports Program on Burnout Among Nursing Students: A Clinical Trial Pérez-Conde, Inmaculada Suleiman Martos, Nora Membrive Jiménez, María José Lazo-Caparros, María Dolores García Oliva, Sofía Cañadas de la Fuente, Guillermo Arturo Gómez Urquiza, Jose Luis sport academic burnout nursing Background/Objectives: Academic burnout is an emerging problem among nursing students, characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced academic efficacy. Sports interventions have been shown to have a positive effect on nurses as a preventive strategy against burnout. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nature sports program on the levels of academic burnout in nursing students. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was performed. The intervention was a 12-week nature exercise program with two sessions each week. The main dependent variables were burnout (measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory—Student Survey), stress (measured using the Perceived Stress Scale), and anxiety and depression (measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). The post-intervention sample size was n = 58 in the control group and n = 48 in the intervention group. Results: After the intervention, significant differences were found in respect of emotional exhaustion (p < 0.001; Cohen’s D: 0.483), stress (p < 0.05; Cohen’s D: 0.456), and mean steps per day (p < 0.001; Cohen’s D: −1.09), with the mean values being reduced in the intervention group by around three points in emotional exhaustion and stress; the intervention group also achieved a higher mean number of daily steps compared to the control group. Conclusions: A nature sports program could help to reduce emotional exhaustion and stress, and increase the number of steps per day. 2025-10-23T11:52:50Z 2025-10-23T11:52:50Z 2025-10-02 journal article Pérez-Conde, I.; Suleiman-Martos, N.; Membrive-Jiménez, M.J.; Lazo-Caparros, M.D.; García-Oliva, S.; Cañadas-De la Fuente, G.A.; Gómez-Urquiza, J.L. Effectiveness of a Nature Sports Program on Burnout Among Nursing Students: A Clinical Trial. Healthcare 2025, 13, 2510. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13192510 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/107366 10.3390/healthcare13192510 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI