NCT05842226

Brief Summary

The study was planned as a randomized controlled pre-test, post-test intervention study to determine the effect of symptom management training in palliative care given with micro-teaching method enriched with standard patient on nursing students' knowledge levels, reflective thinking levels and therapeutic communication skills related to palliative care.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
40

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Apr 2023

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 17, 2023

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

April 24, 2023

Completed
7 days until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 1, 2023

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

May 3, 2023

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 1, 2023

Completed
Last Updated

May 3, 2023

Status Verified

April 1, 2023

Enrollment Period

14 days

First QC Date

April 24, 2023

Last Update Submit

April 24, 2023

Conditions

Palliative Care

Keywords

palliative caremicro teachingstandard patientsymptom managementnursing students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • KNOWLEDGE LEVEL

    A knowledge test on symptom management and communication in palliative care was developed by the researcher. It consists of 25 questions.

    2 months

  • REFLECTIVE THINKING LEVEL

    Scale for Determining the Level of Reflective Thinking will be used. It is a 16-item 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of four sub-dimensions. Its sub-dimensions are habituation, comprehension, reflection and critical reflection.

    2 months

  • THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS

    Therapeutic Communication Skills Scale for Nursing Students will be used. It is a 7-point Likert scale consisting of a total of 16 items, including 7 items in the NonTherapeutic Communication Skills sub-dimension, 6 items in the Therapeutic Communication Skills 1 sub-dimension, and 3 items in the Therapeutic Communication Skills 2 sub-dimension.

    2 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Micro Teaching Group Evaluation Form

    2 weeks

  • Standard Patient Evaluation Form

    2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Micro-teaching enriched with standard patient will be applied.

Other: Micro-teaching enriched with standard patient

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will receive palliative care brochure for patients and their relatives.

Interventions

Micro-teaching enriched with standard patientOTHER

The practice group will be shared the 4 most common symptoms in palliative care nursing: pain, fatigue, respiratory distress and loss of appetite. The practice group will be 5 groups and there will be 4 students in each group. During the practice, each student will provide patient education about only one symptom. The standard patient will participate in the intervention in the application laboratory and the students will participate in the intervention in the computer environment. Video recordings will be taken while the students are giving education. After watching the experts, peers and their own video with the micro-teaching group evaluation form, the student himself/herself will make an evaluation. At the same time, a lecturer from outside the research will fill in the Standard Patient Check-List Evaluation Form. The application will be repeated one week later.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 50 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Students taking palliative care course for the first time,
  • Students who agreed to participate in the study,

You may not qualify if:

  • Students who have already taken the palliative care course,
  • Students who answered the data collection forms incompletely,
  • Students who do not want to continue the research,
  • Students who missed even one of the theoretical or practical sessions of the study.
  • Students with experience of caring for a palliative care patient

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Esra Tayaz

Ankara, Mamak, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Esra Tayaz, phd

CONTACT

05078106288esratayaz@gmail.com

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

April 24, 2023

First Posted

May 3, 2023

Study Start

April 17, 2023

Primary Completion

May 1, 2023

Study Completion

July 1, 2023

Last Updated

May 3, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations

TU(1)