Social Justice Advocacy Skills and Ethical Sensitivity

Sponsor
Nesime Demirören (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT04578821
Collaborator
Necmettin Erbakan University (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of advocacy education on social justice advocacy skills and ethical sensitivity in undergraduate nursing students.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: Educational intervention
N/A

Detailed Description

Advocacy is an effort to correct or change situations that affect people, society and systems.The origin of advocacy is to provide active support in the Latin "Advocates" dictionary. It is defined as "defense work" in Turkish dictionary advocacy is an ethical dimension of nursing practices in nursing science that shows how nursing care is needed and how the nurse will approach the individual, group and society in need.Social justice advocacy has an increasing importance as people are affected by pressure from the social system.Disease, weakness and early deaths are more common in ethnic and diverse races, poor people and societies that do not receive services.Within the scope of advocacy, the duties and responsibilities of individuals, families and society have been determined by laws and regulations in order to protect and improve the health of the society. Advocacy is the nurse's professional role and ethical responsibility.Total 80 students (İntervention and control group)was selected randomly from 112 4 th grade student. Students were randomly assigned to the experimental group(n=40) and the control group(n=40). The experimental group students will take advocacy intervention courses The control group students will the routine curriculum. In this study, effect size will be determined with 5% error margin by using sample size power analysis Gpower 3.1.9.2 program. Accordingly, it was calculated that 35 students were included in the intervention and control groups with 5% error margin and 80% power. İt was decided to include at least 40 people in each working group with 20% surplus, considering that they might be lost in data collection. Theoretical education, film and video screening, case study, Social Security Institution (SSİ) Study, WEB based work, The student will preparation of advocacy action plan, students prepared poster and advocacy awareness activity, poster were exhibited at the campus. Data Collection Tools: Student Information Form, Social Justice Advocacy Scale , Moral-Ethical Sensitivity Scale. Statistical Analysis:Similarity of experimental and control groups; number, percentage, average and standard deviation, pre-test, post test; scale scores difference in dependent groups t-test.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
80 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
Prospective randomized controlled clinical trialProspective randomized controlled clinical trial
Masking:
Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description:
Outcomes Assessor
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
The Effect of Advocacy Education on Developing Social Justice Advocacy Skills and Ethical Sensitivity in Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
Actual Study Start Date :
Sep 26, 2019
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Oct 3, 2019
Actual Study Completion Date :
Dec 26, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Deney group

Education Program:The education program consists of theoretical didactic education, case discussion, film and video screening in class, Web-based laboratory work, SSI practice, poster preparation and awareness activities for a total of 12 weeks and 2 hours per week (24 hours per week). Theoretical didactic education, film screening, video screening, Web-based laboratory work, Social Security Institution study, poster preparation, poster presentation at University Campus.

Other: Educational intervention
Educational intervention

No Intervention: Kontrol group

The control group participated in the courses and practices included in the routine curriculum.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Social Justice Advocacy Scale score level [At the beginning of advocacy education, an avarage of 1 hour]

    Score level of social justice advocacy skill before advocacy education

  2. Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire score level [At the beginning of advocacy education, an avarage of 1 hour]

    Score level of moral sensitivity questionnaire before advocacy education. Similarity of experimental and control groups; number, percentage, average and standard deviation.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Social Justice Advocacy Scale [12 weeks]

    Changes in the score level of social justice advocacy skill after advocacy education

  2. Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire [12 weeks]

    Changes in the score level of moral sensitivity questionnaire

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Student who speak very well Turkish
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Foreign students who do not speak very well Turkish.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Necmettin Erbakan University Konya, Turkey 42090

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Nesime Demirören
  • Necmettin Erbakan University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nesime DEMİRÖREN, Selçuk University
  • Principal Investigator: Nesime DEMİRÖREN, Necmettin Erbakan University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Nesime Demirören, Lecturer, Necmettin Erbakan University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04578821
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • t5y4gddx
First Posted:
Oct 8, 2020
Last Update Posted:
Oct 8, 2020
Last Verified:
Oct 1, 2020
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Nesime Demirören, Lecturer, Necmettin Erbakan University
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 8, 2020