NCT04139720

Brief Summary

Nursing staff work closely with people and often have direct physical contact with patients, hence, they are high-risk individuals of sexual harassment. In particular for inexperienced newly employed nurses, if sexual harassment happened and without appropriate management, it may negatively impact physical and mental health, and even affect their willingness to engage in nursing field in the future. Therefore, how to assist the newly employed nurses to have the knowledge and ability to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace is important. Based on this, this study aims to improve the knowledge and practical ability of sexual harassment prevention, and develop "newly employed nurses' sexual harassment prevention training e-book" to implement gender perspective into nursing education which is in line with nursing clinical practice. The experimental research design is randomized controlled repeated measures; compare the differences between the two groups before and after the study to verify the effectiveness of the intervention. Overall, if it is proved effective, which will be able to enhance newly employed nurses' awareness of clinical sexual harassment and the ability to handle related incidents. The development of sexual harassment prevention materials can become a learning aid for nursing education. In addition to helping to reduce the adverse effects of sexual harassment in the nursing workplace, it will also help to establish the attention and consensus of the nursing profession on sexual harassment prevention.

Trial Health

35
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
104

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Oct 2019

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

October 15, 2019

Completed
6 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 21, 2019

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 25, 2019

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

April 30, 2020

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 30, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

October 25, 2019

Status Verified

October 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

7 months

First QC Date

October 21, 2019

Last Update Submit

October 23, 2019

Conditions

Keywords

sexual harassment preventionnurseeducatione-book

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • sexual harassment prevention knowledge

    using Likert seven-point scale, scoring from 7 (totally agree) to 1 (totally disagree), the score range from 16-112 points, the higher the total score of the scale, the better the understanding of harassment prevention concept.

    The experimental group and the control group will take the test after the intervention immediately.

  • sexual harassment event coping skill

    Includes: Enhancing personal processing coping strategies for sexual harassment (4 questions), strengthening personal awareness and monitoring systems (13 questions), and strengthening social organization and policy development (14 questions). The scoring method: 0 (totally disagree) to 4 (very agree).

    The experimental group and the control group will take the test after the intervention immediately.

  • sexual harassment incident management

    The scale is divided into verbal and non-verbal parts, which are summarized into three categories, namely, problem-solving, emotion and evaluation part, which total 37 questions according to the different attributes of the corresponding behavior. A score of 0 means never to 4 part means to always do 4 points means it always is. A higher score indicates that the more often new nursing might we to react

    The experimental group and the control group will take the test after the intervention immediately.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Include learning motivation of sexual harassment

    The experimental group and the control group will take the test after the intervention immediately.

Study Arms (2)

e-book

EXPERIMENTAL

e-book learning mode of sexual harassment prevention training

Behavioral: e-book

audio-visual and booklet

NO INTERVENTION

sexual harassment prevention audio-visual and booklet learning mode

Interventions

e-bookBEHAVIORAL

sexual harassment prevention via education e-book

e-book

Eligibility Criteria

Age20 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Age over 20 years old
  • Nursing school graduation
  • full time job

You may not qualify if:

  • Not directly in contact with the patient, such as the supply room
  • Not engaged in nursing clinical work, such as research assistants

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (1)

  • Chang TS, Tzeng YL, Teng YK, Chen CH. Effectiveness of an e-book in enhancing knowledge, coping behaviors and preventive strategies for sexual harassment prevention among new nurses: A randomized controlled study. Nurse Educ Pract. 2025 Jan;82:104198. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104198. Epub 2024 Nov 22.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexual Harassment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual BehaviorBehaviorSocial Behavior

Study Officials

  • Ya-Ling Tzeng, PhD

    China Medical University, Taiwan

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Ting-shan chang, BSN

CONTACT

Ya-Ling Tzeng, PhD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: The repeated measurements randomization control trial will be used for the experimental design. We design a 45-minute course and 15 minutes of Q\&A. Based on the gender in recruitment, the study used block randomization, and randomly assign participants who meet the selection criteria to the experimental group and the control group (1:1 ratio) by Random Allocation Software random assignment table.
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 21, 2019

First Posted

October 25, 2019

Study Start

October 15, 2019

Primary Completion

April 30, 2020

Study Completion

April 30, 2020

Last Updated

October 25, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10