Development of a Partograph E-learning Tool and Evaluation of Its Efficiency in Student Midwives

NCT05909306 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Interventional study in Turkey
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 93
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A randomized control trial was made to develop a partograph e-learning tool and evaluate its effectiveness in student midwives in Turkey.

Conditions

Midwifery Students Education

Keywords

Partograph; e-learning; midwifery; e-partograph

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Acadeic Achievement Test before intervention (Pretest)

  The Academic Achievement Test consisted of eight multiple-choice questions and two case scenarios about knowledge, skills, and synthesis on the use of the partograph in labor. For each question regarding the partograph knowledge level, correct answers were scored 2 and incorrect answers 0. The minimum score on the knowledge is a 0; maximum is 16. For partograph filling skills, students systematically reviewed each case and filled out partographs with the given information and were evaluated one by one according to individual partograph components. The minimum score on the both cases are a 0; maximum is 34. For the partograph synthesis, open-ended interpretation questions were added to the end of each case. The minimum score on the partograph synthesis are a 0; maximum is 10. In total, the minimum possible score on the the Academic Achievement Test is a 0; maximum is 60. Higher scores indicate greater levels of Academic Achievement.

  After randomization, in the first meeting

• Acadeic Achievement Test after intervention (Posttest )

  The Academic Achievement Test consisted of eight multiple-choice questions and two case scenarios about knowledge, skills, and synthesis on the use of the partograph in labor. For each question regarding the partograph knowledge level, correct answers were scored 2 and incorrect answers 0. The minimum score on the knowledge is a 0; maximum is 16. For partograph filling skills, students systematically reviewed each case and filled out partographs with the given information and were evaluated one by one according to individual partograph components. The minimum score on the both cases are a 0; maximum is 34. For the partograph synthesis, open-ended interpretation questions were added to the end of each case. The minimum score on the partograph synthesis are a 0; maximum is 10. In total, the minimum possible score on the the Academic Achievement Test is a 0; maximum is 60. Higher scores indicate greater levels of Academic Achievement.

  One month after the pretest.

Study Arms (2)

Education Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The education group was applied partograph education in addition to formal education by using the partograph e-learning tool that was developed.

Other: Education Group

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group continued their formal education.

Interventions

Education Group OTHER

Two online meetings were planned with the education group. In the first meeting, an average of 35-minute-long live lecturing was performed on filling out the data forms and using the partograph e-learning tool through e-learning tool created in the first interview. The researcher held the second interview one week after the first one. In the second interview, a live lecture lasting 30 minutes was given to talk about and solve the problems that students experienced with the partograph e-learning tool and answer the questions. The partograph e-learning tool was kept open for one month for the students in the education group. At the end of the one-month education, the students were asked to fill out the post-test (Academic Achievement Test) defined in the system. After the post-test was completed, the system was closed to the access of the students in the education group and made available to the students in the control group.

Education Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Studying in the 3rd year of the midwifery undergraduate program
• Those who took the Childbirth and Postpartum Period Lecture and enrolled in the Childbirth and Postpartum Period At Risk Lecture
• Able to use the internet and computer
• Having an e-mail address with which he can communicate over the internet
• Students with internet access

You may not qualify if:

• Students who could not continue their education due to reasons (Registration freeze, lateral transfer, health problems, etc.) were excluded from the research.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aydin Adnan Menderes University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Adnan Menderes University

Aydin, Efeler, 09100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Damla Kizilca Cakaloz, PhD

  Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Midwifery

  STUDY CHAIR

• Ayden Coban, PhD

  Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Midwifery

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: The complete randomization technique was used to assign students to groups. Following recruitment, the midwifery students were divided into an education and a control group by randomization. The first half of the list consisting of numbers produced randomly showed the students to be assigned to the education group and the other half indicated the students to be assigned to the control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2023
• First Posted: June 18, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: October 28, 2021
• Study Completion: October 28, 2021
• Last Updated: June 22, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: CSR
• Time Frame: 6 months after publication
• Access Criteria: relevance to the topic of the study and approval of all co-authors within 1 month of receiving the request.

Locations

TU (1)