Effect of 'Empathy Dress' and Exercise on Midwifery Students' Discomfort, Empathy and Compassionate Love Levels

NCT05731921 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Amasya Univ
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 57
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises, every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Conditions

Empathy; Discomfort; Love

Keywords

Midwifery; Student; Empathy level; Physical discomfort level; Compassionate Love level

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Empathy Level

  Empathy is one of the primary outcomes. This will be measured using 'The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ'. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is "13", the maximum score is "65", and as the score obtained from the scale increases, empathy levels also increase.

  2 months

• Compassionate Love Level

  Compassionate Love Level is the other primary outcomes. This will be measured using 'The Compassionate Love Scale'. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is "21", the maximum score is "147", and as the score obtained from the scale increases, Compassionate Love levels also increase.

  2 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Physical Discomfort Level

  2 months

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'

Behavioral: The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' BEHAVIORAL

The experimental group will be given an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions (two months) of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises (stairs going up and down, sitting up, putting on trousers, tying shoes, etc.), every week and 20 minutes per week, by the researchers.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Gender Eligibility Details: Midwifery Students
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Absence of a defined psychiatric disorder
• There is no problem that prevents communication

You may not qualify if:

• Those who have movement system problems that prevent them from exercising with increasing weights by adapting to their pregnancy weeks,

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amasya University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Amasya University

Amasya, 05000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Emine İbici Akça, Ph.D

  Amasya University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assist. Prof. Dr. in the Amasya University Midwifery Department

Model Details: A randomized controlled trial with pretest-posttest control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2023
• First Posted: February 16, 2023
• Study Start: February 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2023
• Study Completion: February 1, 2024
• Last Updated: April 22, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)