The Effect of Education Given to Nursing Students on Their Environmental Attitudes: A Randomized Controlled Study
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interventional
110
1 country
1
Brief Summary
This study is conducted to examine the effect of climate change and global warming-based education given to nursing students on their environmental attitudes. The research was planned as a randomized controlled experimental. According to the posthoc power analysis, it was determined that the type one error amount was 0.05 with a medium effect size and the power of the study was 94% when 110 participants were taken. The data were included from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of a nursing faculty in eastern Turkey. Assignments were made to experimental and control groups by randomization. Personal information form and environmental attitude scale were used to collect data.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Oct 2023
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 15, 2023
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 5, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 13, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 15, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 16, 2024
CompletedMay 30, 2024
May 1, 2024
3 months
December 5, 2023
May 29, 2024
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
change of environmental attitude scale
environmental attitude scale; It was developed by Berberoğlu and Tosunoğlu to determine the environmental attitudes of university students. The scale is a 5-point Likert type and consists of 21 items. The scale contains 11 reverse items. These items are reverse coded. It is stated that the Cronbach alpha of the scale is 0.77.
baseline to 2 months
Study Arms (2)
Experimental intervention group
ACTIVE COMPARATORThe experimental group will be given 8-week global warming-climate change based training
Control Group
NO INTERVENTIONThe initiative will not be implemented.
Interventions
The experimental group will be given 8 weeks of global warming-climate change based training. No intervention will be applied to the control group.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- volunteering to participate in research
- have verbal communication skills
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Muş Alparslan University
Muş, Turkey (Türkiye)
Related Publications (1)
Evcimen H, Ciftci N, Yildiz M. Effect of Environmental Awareness-Based Education on Environmental Attitudes of Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study. Public Health Nurs. 2025 Jan-Feb;42(1):411-418. doi: 10.1111/phn.13426. Epub 2024 Oct 7.
PMID: 39375322DERIVED
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- RN, PhD
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 5, 2023
First Posted
December 13, 2023
Study Start
October 15, 2023
Primary Completion
January 15, 2024
Study Completion
January 16, 2024
Last Updated
May 30, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-05