Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Chronic Pain Management Training Program

NCT05371769 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NSUCUCAKMAK
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 66
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The research will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the web-based chronic pain management training program developed for nursing students. It is planned in a randomized controlled triple-blind design with the final year nursing students of the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin University in a pre-test-post-test order.

Conditions

Nursing Caries; Chronic Pain

Keywords

Chronic pain; Nursing student education; Web-Technology based education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Introductory features form

  It was prepared by the researcher in line with the literature knowledge. In the form of introductory characteristics of nursing students; There are 7 questions about the students' date of birth, gender, whether they have chronic pain, whether they have chronic pain from family members they live with, in which clinics they do internship, and whether they find themselves competent in the management of chronic pain of the patients they care for.

  pre-intervention

• Scale of attitudes of students studying in the field of health towards patients with chronic pain

  The Attitude Scale of Health Students towards Patients with Chronic Pain is a 5-point Likert scale and has 18 items. It consists of two factors: sensitivity orientation and error orientation. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficients are 0.88 and 0.75 for the first and second factors, respectively. Each factor gets a separate score. Each item in the factors receives a score between "1" and "5". The scores are summed up and divided by the number of items, then a score between 1 and 5 is obtained, thus a standard evaluation of two factors can be done. There is no cut-off score in the scale. An increased score from the sensitivity and misconception orientation factors indicates that healthcare professionals' attitude towards patients with chronic pain is positively strong. On the other hand, a low score on these factors indicates a strong negative attitude.

  pre-intervention

• Scale of attitudes of students studying in the field of health towards patients with chronic pain

  The Attitude Scale of Health Students towards Patients with Chronic Pain is a 5-point Likert scale and has 18 items. It consists of two factors: sensitivity orientation and error orientation. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficients are 0.88 and 0.75 for the first and second factors, respectively. Each factor gets a separate score. Each item in the factors receives a score between "1" and "5". The scores are summed up and divided by the number of items, then a score between 1 and 5 is obtained, thus a standard evaluation of two factors can be done. There is no cut-off score in the scale. An increased score from the sensitivity and misconception orientation factors indicates that healthcare professionals' attitude towards patients with chronic pain is positively strong. On the other hand, a low score on these factors indicates a strong negative attitude.

  immediately after the intervention

• Chronic pain management knowledge test

  The knowledge test on chronic pain management was created by the researchers in line with the literature. The knowledge test for chronic pain management includes 24 case-based five-choice multiple-choice questions. In this test, each correct answer is 1 point and a wrong answer is zero. The total score is obtained by adding the scores obtained from the test. The highest score that can be obtained from the test is 24, and the lowest score is zero. An increase in the score obtained from the test indicates that the participant's level of knowledge about chronic pain management increases, while a decrease in the score indicates a low level of knowledge.

  pre-intervention

• Chronic pain management knowledge test

  The knowledge test on chronic pain management was created by the researchers in line with the literature. The knowledge test for chronic pain management includes 24 case-based five-choice multiple-choice questions. In this test, each correct answer is 1 point and a wrong answer is zero. The total score is obtained by adding the scores obtained from the test. The highest score that can be obtained from the test is 24, and the lowest score is zero. An increase in the score obtained from the test indicates that the participant's level of knowledge about chronic pain management increases, while a decrease in the score indicates a low level of knowledge.

  immediately after the intervention

• Chronic pain management training program evaluation form

  Chronic pain management training program evaluation Form, Game-based virtual reality application evaluation form in Bıyık-Bayram and Çalışkan's (2017) The Effects of Game-Based Virtual Reality Application on Nursing Students' Learning Tracheostomy Care, was revised and revised to the chronic pain management training program. has been prepared. This form consists of two parts. The first part consists of two open-ended questions about the positive and negative thoughts of the students about the chronic pain management education program, and the second part consists of 16 questions that include 5-point Likert-type scoring in which the statements about the education program are evaluated. Each item in the form receives a score between "1" and "5". An increase in the score obtained from the form indicates that the participant evaluated the chronic pain management training program p vely.This form will be filled by the students in the experimental group at the end of the post-test.

  immediately after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Control group

SHAM COMPARATOR

The students in the control group will be given a pre-test, and two weeks later, the post-test will be applied. After the chronic pain education group completes the research, the chronic pain education program will be opened to the students in the control group, too.

Other: No intervention

Chronic pain education group

EXPERIMENTAL

The pre-test will be opened to the students in the chronic pain education group simultaneously with the opening of the post-tests for the control group.After the students in the chronic pain education group completed the pre-test, the chronic pain management training program developed for nursing students will be applied for 2 weeks. Post test will be applied at the end of all training videos and evaluation questions.

Other: chronic pain management education program

Interventions

chronic pain management education program OTHER

The chronic pain management training program will be applied for 2 weeks. The training consists of 15 videos about theory and practice topics in chronic pain management. There are evaluation questions at the end of each video.

Also known as: Experimental group

Chronic pain education group

No intervention OTHER

No intervention will be made.

Also known as: Control group

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Nursing Grade 4
• with internet access
• Students who volunteered to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
• Difficulty in understanding and speaking Turkish
• Graduated from Health Vocational High School
• Attending any training on pain and/or having a pain education certificate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Çankırı Karatekin University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Nefise Cevriye SUCU ÇAKMAK

Çankırı, 18700, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: It was explained to all students that training was given over the website https://www.agriegitimi.net and the starting time of the training was announced on the website. Students were told that they were be able to attend training and testing at the relevant time according to notifications. Students were not know that they were in the experimental or control group. In this way, students were blinded. Only the software specialist could know the students in the intervention and control groups. The data could sent to the statistician by the software specialist as group A and B data. This way the statistician could be blind. The researcher could not present at any stage of data collection. After the statistical analysis was done and the research report was written, the coding of the experimental and control groups were explained to the researcher by the software specialist.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Randomization: After applying the exclusion criteria to a total of 94 students, the students who accepted to participate in the study was randomly selected into two groups (A and B) of 35 students by simple random sampling by creating a computer-assisted simple random numbers table (www.randomizer.org). Selected students was randomly assigned so that the general academic achievement grades of both groups were homogeneous. The groups was randomly assigned to the intervention or control group by the code "A" and "B" by the software specialist.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2022
• First Posted: May 12, 2022
• Study Start: May 16, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 13, 2022
• Study Completion: June 13, 2022
• Last Updated: January 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)