Evaluation of the Impact of the PRONEtect Education Hub vs. Classic Lecture, on the Competencies of Nursing Students

NCT05575869 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PRONEtection #2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to compare the impact of online educational material versus a classic lecture on the confidence levels, knowledge and knowledge application of final-year nursing students. Participants will be asked to complete a baseline self-efficacy evaluation and a baseline knowledge test which were validated by the 11-member international expert panel previously established. After randomization, the control group will be asked to attend a classic 1-hour lecture at the nursing school about the topic of prone positioning and skin/tissue damage prevention. The experimental group will get access to the PRONEtect educational website containing short simulation videos and other learning materials. Three weeks later the participants will be asked to complete the self-efficacy evaluation and knowledge assessment again, additionally a knowledge application assessment. All the questionnaires will be administered via Qualtrics.

Conditions

Prone Position; Pressure Ulcer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge assessment (test score)

  A total sample size of 78 participants (39 in each group, 1:1 allocation ratio) to have at least 80% power to demonstrate non-inferiority of the online package (experimental group) compared to the classical lecture (control group) with respect to the mean change from baseline in knowledge at week 3 at the one-sided 1.25% significance level, when the non-inferiority margin is set at 1 point and when we assume a common standard deviation in both groups of 2.5 points, a true difference between the groups of 1 point in favor of the online package, and a drop-out rate of 20%.

  3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Confidence levels (survey scores)

  3 weeks

• Difference between the "Knowledge application" (test score) between the groups

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group: Access to online PRONEtect educational material

EXPERIMENTAL

A website with educational material (simulation video, protocol, checklist).

Other: (online) PRONEtect educational material

Control group: Classic one-hour lecture

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Didactive presentation by the usual nursing school lecturer.

Other: Classic (normal) one hour lesson/lecture

Interventions

(online) PRONEtect educational material OTHER

This is a website containing educational material like short simulation videos on how to turn a patient from supine-to-prone and prone-to-supine positioning, how to protect the skin from incontinence, or before securing endotracheal-/nasogastric tubes, how to reposition the patient to prevent pressure injuries, a full protocol regarding prone positioning etc.

Experimental group: Access to online PRONEtect educational material

Classic (normal) one hour lesson/lecture OTHER

As per normal, a classroom lecture given by the nursing school by one of the nursing school lecturers.

Control group: Classic one-hour lecture

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Final year nursing students studying towards their Bachelor in Nursing degree
• Chosen topics of critical care nursing as supplementary subject or critical care subjects as part of their course or complex wound management as part of their course.

You may not qualify if:

• Nursing students who are not yet in their final year of studies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Ghent: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ghent University

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Fourie A, Ahtiala M, Black J, Campos HH, Coyer F, Gefen A, LeBlanc K, Smet S, Vollman K, Walsh Y, Karlberg-Traav M, Beeckman D. Enhancing prone positioning and skin damage prevention education: A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial comparing a digital education hub (PRONEtect) and a traditional lecture on final-year nursing participants' confidence and knowledge. J Tissue Viability. 2024 May;33(2):298-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jtv.2024.02.008. Epub 2024 Feb 19.

  PMID: 38402096 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

Congresses as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Skin Ulcer; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Organizations; Health Care Economics and Organizations

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The lecturers at the nursing schools (x2) will have no access to the results of the surveys. A study number is assigned to the students and with the study number they enter their answers to the questionnaires
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 6, 2022
• First Posted: October 12, 2022
• Study Start: September 27, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 23, 2022
• Study Completion: December 23, 2022
• Last Updated: November 14, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)