Intervention to Decrease the Stigma of Nursing Students

NCT05413408 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: HSEARS20220127002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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Conditions

Stigma, Social

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Subject recruitment time

  The time used for subject recruitment

  up to one month

• Achievable recruitment rate

  the ratio between the number of nursing students actually participating and the number of potential nursing students that need to participat

  up to one month

• Eligibility rate of participants

  the number of participants eligible for this study/number of participants screened prior to eligibility assessment.

  up to one month

• The response rate of scales

  the proportions of missing values on the items of each scale

  up to three month

• Drop-out rate of participants

  the number of nursing students who drop out in each intervention session to the number of intervention groups

  up to three month

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Knowledge of Schizophrenia as assessed by Knowledge about Schizophrenia Test (KAST)

  up to three month

• Attitudes of Schizophrenia as assessed by Mental Illness Clinicians' Attitudes Scale (MICA)

  up to three month

• Stigma behavior toward Schizophrenia as assessed by Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS)

  up to three month

• Empathy toward Schizophrenia as assessed by Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Students (JSE-HPS)

  up to three month

Study Arms (2)

education and contact to change participants stigma towards schizophrenia

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention consists of three phases, including investigative learning activity (this section will last about one week), higher-order thinking activity (this section will last about two hours), collaborative activity (this section will last about two hours). Both the intervention group and the control group will be interns in the hospital simultaneously. The study outcomes include nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intentions regarding stigma towards schizophrenia. The intervention effect will be evaluated by the researcher, comparing results between and within the two groups from baseline (T0) to immediately after first and second session intervention (T1), immediately after third session intervention (T2), and three months follow-up (T3).

Other: Education and contact

Participants reading a book about schizophrenia knowledge

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group only has one session and will be given a book of schizophrenia knowledge, and they will be asked to finish reading it in four weeks.

Other: Education and contact

Interventions

Education and contact OTHER

The intervention consists of three phases, including investigative learning activity (this section will last about one week), higher-order thinking activity (this section will last about two hours), collaborative activity (this section will last about two hours). Both the intervention group and the control group will be interns in the hospital simultaneously. The study outcomes include nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intentions regarding stigma towards schizophrenia. The intervention effect will be evaluated by the researcher, comparing results between and within the two groups from baseline (T0) to immediately after first and second session intervention (T1), immediately after third session intervention (T2), and three months follow-up (T3). The control group only has one session and will be given a book of schizophrenia knowledge, and they will be asked to finish reading it in four weeks.

Participants reading a book about schizophrenia knowledge; education and contact to change participants stigma towards schizophrenia

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants should be 18 years old or above.
• Participants should complete all the school courses to ensure that they have similar theoretical knowledge in psychiatric nursing.
• Participants can communicate in Mandarin.
• Participants are voluntarily participating in this study.
• Participants have not participated in any other similar intervention before.
• Participants are doing a clinical practicum in Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants are receiving treatment of schizophrenia or other mental illness.
• Participants are lack of essential equipment to take an online interview.
• Regular personal contact with someone with schizophrenia or other mental illness (more than three times a month). Because people's prejudice may decrease when they meet and interact with people with mental illness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Xiang Ya Hospital of Central South University

Changsha, Hunan, 410000, China

RECRUITING

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Stigma

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Central Study Contacts

Xi CHEN, MSN

CONTACT

+85291203472; 20074345r@connect.polyu.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2022
• First Posted: June 10, 2022
• Study Start: February 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2023
• Study Completion: July 1, 2023
• Last Updated: March 1, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)