The Effect of Structured Digital-Based Education Given to Nursing Students

NCT06300827 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023 - 1302
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 76
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

Turkey is a risky country in terms of disasters. Preparedness and awareness for all disasters affecting the whole world gain value. Disaster literacy is an important approach to evaluating disaster preparedness and awareness processes. Disaster literacy is defined as the ability of an individual to access, read, understand, and use the information necessary to make informed decisions and follow instructions in the context of mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery during a disaster Disaster literacy needs to be increased to raise awareness among individuals and minimize disaster risk. Along with the awareness studies, it is also important to identify the disaster preparedness belief in order to encourage individuals to change potentially harmful behavior. Belief in disaster preparedness; It may vary according to the perception of experiencing a disaster, the perceived severity of the disaster, the benefits of being prepared for a disaster, the perceived barriers to being prepared for a disaster, being prepared, and the individual's belief in his or her ability to cope with a disaster. It may be useful to determine both disaster preparedness beliefs and disaster literacy levels of individuals at the social level. It is predicted that when multiple interventions are brought together in the learning process, there will be a faster and more lasting effect. In this study, which aims to use education and information technology together, a structured digital-based educational intervention is planned. The intervention program was structured by taking advantage of both the advantages of the digital world and active learning methods in order to keep the student active. The program is eight weeks and consists of seven dimensions and the purpose of the program is based on accessing information, understanding, information, making decisions, and applying information. The planned study aimed to determine the effect of structured digital-based education given to university students studying in the nursing department on their disaster literacy and disaster preparedness belief levels.

Conditions

18 Years and Over

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Disaster Literacy Scale

  It is a self-report scale designed to assess disaster literacy in people aged 18-60. The conceptual framework of the 61-item scale consists of 16 domains. Each item is scored 1-5 (1 - very difficult, 2 - difficult, 3 - undecided, 4 - easy, 5 - very easy). The total score that can be obtained from the scale is between 61 and 305. An increase in the score obtained from the scale means that the participant's level of disaster literacy is increasing. For ease of calculation, the total score is standardised to a value between 0-50. The scale is divided into metrics as 0-\<30 points insufficient, 30-\<36 points limited, 36-\<42 points sufficient and 42-50 points excellent disaster literacy.

  Baseline, Weeks 8

• General Disaster Preparedness Belief Scale Using the Health Belief

  The purpose of the scale is to assess individuals' emergency/disaster preparedness behaviours, attitudes and beliefs based on the Health Belief Model. Individuals over the age of 18 can participate in the scale. The scale has a total of 31 items and 6 sub-dimensions. These sub-dimensions are 'perceived sensitivity', 'perceived seriousness', 'perceived benefits', 'perceived barriers', 'action motivators' and 'self-efficacy'. All items are rated on a five-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). There are 14 negative items on the scale.

  Baseline, Weeks 8

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental Group: Structured digital-based training will be implemented.

Other: Structured digital-based training

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Control Group: The nursing student will be expected to continue their daily life. Nursing students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the experimental group by a statistician.

Interventions

Structured digital-based training OTHER

The eight week intervention will be delivered in 15 different sessions, each session lasting 40 minutes. It is expected that the seventh week session will last approximately 150 minutes. The control group is expected to continue with their daily lives.

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• To be enrolled in the nursing programme
• Ability to speak and understand Turkish
• Speak English at least at beginner level
• To have signed the informed consent form

You may not qualify if:

• Having previously participated in any disaster training programme
• Failure to attend the eight-week digital-based disaster training programme twice in a row

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University: lead
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey: collaborator

Study Sites (3)

Gazi University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

Tokat Province, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Genc FZ, Yildiz S, Erdal A, Bilgili N. Effect of structured digital-based education given to nursing students on disaster literacy and disaster preparedness belief levels: A randomized controlled study. Nurse Educ Today. 2025 Apr;147:106581. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106581. Epub 2025 Jan 17.

  PMID: 39837253 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Bilgili

  Gazi University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Naile Bilgili, Professor

CONTACT

+905327984600; nbilgili@gazi.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Research data/output measurements are made by a research assistant not involved in the research.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Experimental Group: Structured digital-based training will be implemented. Control Group: The nursing student will be expected to continue their daily life. Nursing students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the experimental group by a statistician.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 1, 2024
• First Posted: March 8, 2024
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2024
• Study Completion: December 1, 2024
• Last Updated: March 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Locations

TU (3)