The Effect of Social Media in Improving the Academic Achievement

NCT05387629 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 80131151/2000302016
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In today's living conditions, technology is present in every aspect of our lives and is constantly changing and developing. Thanks to technological developments, progress has been made in the field of communication as well as in many other fields, and this has provided the opportunity to access information quickly. Especially the widespread use of mobile phones has facilitated communication. Thanks to smartphones, which are an integral part of daily life, we can quickly access or share information. Especially with smart phones, interactive access is provided through Social Media, which is one of the most advanced communication tools of our age. Commonly used social media tools are Social Networking websites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) in our country and around the world. Social media tools have many features for the development of educational processes. Social media can be used in educational processes to improve communication skills of students and teachers, expand participation, strengthen peer support, and realize cooperative learning. Social media teaching processes; It also provides opportunities such as supporting the learning process of students by enriching it with materials such as pictures, text, video, audio, and supporting the teacher's teaching and evaluation process. The purpose of this research; To evaluate the effect of social media in improving the academic success of nursing students.

Conditions

Nursing Caries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• SOCIAL MEDIA SCALE IN NURSING EDUCATION

  Social Media Scale in Nursing Education (HESMÖ): Rodríguez et al. (2021), the scale that determines the use of social media in nursing education consists of 13 items. The scale is in the form of a 5-point Likert (1: strongly disagree-5: strongly agree). The scale consists of 3 sub-dimensions. The first sub-dimension is social media use in nursing education, the second sub-dimension is attitude, and the third sub-dimension is contrast information. High scores obtained from the scale indicate that the level of social media use in nursing education is high. Rodríguez et al. (2021), while the Cronbach's Alpha value was specified as 0.84, the Cronbach's Alpha value was found to be 0.87 in the study.

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Social media increases the academic success of nursing students.

Behavioral: Education

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Social media does not affect the academic success of nursing students.

Interventions

Education BEHAVIORAL

Nursing students will be trained through social media.

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Those who agreed to participate in the research
• Students using Instagram
• Those who have a smart mobile phone
• Those who do not have internet problems
• Those who are not absent throughout the research.

You may not qualify if:

• nd year nursing students who did not accept to participate in the research
• Students who do not use Instagram

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ataturk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Atatürk University Faculty of Nursing

Erzurum, 25000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Bahar Çiftçi

  Ataturk University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 19, 2022
• First Posted: May 24, 2022
• Study Start: May 20, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 20, 2022
• Study Completion: July 20, 2022
• Last Updated: October 26, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Locations

TU (1)