The Effects of Drama Activities on Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Pain Assessment

NCT06939894 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: NEU-GB-OB-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 52
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Title: The Effect of Drama-Based Education on Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Pain Assessment: A Randomized Controlled Trial Abstract: This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of drama-based education on nursing students' attitudes toward pain assessment. The study will be conducted during the 2025-2026 academic year at Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Nursing. A total of 52 second-year students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The intervention group will attend a one-day drama workshop involving role-play, improvisation, and reflection activities focused on pain assessment. The control group will not receive any intervention. Attitudes will be measured using a validated scale at three points: before the intervention, one month after, and six months after. Data will be analyzed using SPSS with a significance level of p \< 0.05. It is anticipated that the intervention group will show improved attitudes compared to the control group. This study may provide evidence for integrating drama-based methods into nursing education to enhance students' sensitivity and competence in pain assessment. Keywords: Nursing education, pain assessment, drama, student attitudes,

Conditions

Pain Assessment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• pain assessment attitudes of students

  Students will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. Students in the intervention group will fill out the introductory characteristics form and the nursing students' attitudes towards pain assessment scale after being assigned to the group and will then participate in drama activities prepared for pain assessment for one day. The students' attitudes towards pain assessment scale will be filled out again by the students one month after the intervention (November 2025) and approximately six months later (at 2025-2026 academic year). Students in the control group will fill out the introductory characteristics form and scale on the same dates as the experimental group without any intervention.

  Day 0, month 1., and month 6.

Study Arms (2)

control

NO INTERVENTION

no intervention, usual curriculum.

Drama

EXPERIMENTAL

will take drama activities

Behavioral: Drama activities

Interventions

Drama activities BEHAVIORAL

iintervention group will paticipate drrama activities aabout pain assessment of a patient.

Drama

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• the study sample will consist of students whose native language is Turkish,
• who have not taken a course on pain management,
• and who volunteer to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• students who wish to withdraw from research

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Necmettin Erbakan University

Meram, Konya, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Necmettin Erbakan University

Meram, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Gülden Basit

  Necmettin Erbakan University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Gülden Basit, Assoc. Prof.

CONTACT

0332-320-40-29; guldenbasit@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assoc. Prof.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2025
• First Posted: April 23, 2025
• Study Start: October 23, 2025
• Primary Completion: April 23, 2026
• Study Completion: April 23, 2026
• Last Updated: November 25, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Locations

TU (2)