Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses Regarding Heel-Prick Screening Test

NCT06685471 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UB-RELOC H-06-BH-089)/ 1204.24
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to assess the impact of simulation-based training on pediatric nurses' knowledge and performance regarding the heel-prick technique used during newborn blood screening tests in select hospitals in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This study utilized an experimental pre-test and post-test design. The G\*Power Program® Version 3.1.9.4 was employed to determine the necessary sample size to fulfill the study's objectives. The sample consisted of 50 nurses recruited from the Maternity \& Children Hospital Bisha, Al-Namas General Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Pediatric Assiut University Hospital in Egypt. The current study's findings indicate that, following simulation-based training, pediatric nurses significantly improved their heel-prick knowledge and performance during the newborn blood screening test. This study provides strong evidence that the simulation-based training program improved nurses' knowledge and performance, and we advise all pediatric healthcare practitioners, physicians, and nurses employed in hospitals and healthcare facilities to undergo advanced simulation-based training. Nursing managers can target public hospitals with low scores by putting systematic methods into place to improve nurses' performance and knowledge in simulation-based training.

Conditions

Aspiration of Blood in Newborn

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• • pediatric nurses' knowledge in newborn blood screening tests compared to traditional training methods

  • Simulation-based training will increase the pediatric nurses' knowledge in newborn blood screening tests compared to traditional training methods.

  8 week

Study Arms (2)

Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Performance

EXPERIMENTAL

Simulation-Based Training Program

Diagnostic Test: Screeing test

traditional method

NO INTERVENTION

traditional method program

Interventions

Screeing test DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Performance Regarding Heel-Prick during Newborn Blood Screening Test

Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Performance

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Abeer Abd Elwahed Almowafy: lead

Study Sites (1)

Abeer

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Asiri A, Almowafy AA, Moursy SM, Abd-Elhay HA, Ahmed SAK, Abdelrahem AS, Seif MTA, Ahmed FA. Simulation-based training program effect on pediatric nurses' knowledge and performance regarding heel-prick during newborn blood screening test. BMC Nurs. 2025 Jan 29;24(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02657-7.

  PMID: 39881378 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Abeer Almowafy

  Al-Azhar University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 10, 2024
• First Posted: November 12, 2024
• Study Start: June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2023
• Study Completion: August 20, 2023
• Last Updated: November 12, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)