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Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Chronic Pain Management Training Program

Sponsor
Çankırı Karatekin University (Other)
Overall Status
Not yet recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05371769
Collaborator
(none)
70
Enrollment
2
Arms
2
Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The research will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the web-based chronic pain management training program developed for nursing students. It is planned in a randomized controlled triple-blind design with the final year nursing students of the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin University in a pre-test-post-test order.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: chronic pain management education program
  • Other: No intervention
 N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
70 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
Randomization: After applying the exclusion criteria to a total of 94 students, the students who accepted to participate in the study will be randomly selected into two groups (A and B) of 35 students by simple random sampling by creating a computer-assisted simple random numbers table (www.randomizer.org). Selected students will be randomly assigned so that the general academic achievement grades of both groups are homogeneous. The groups will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control group by the code "A" and "B" by the software specialist.Randomization: After applying the exclusion criteria to a total of 94 students, the students who accepted to participate in the study will be randomly selected into two groups (A and B) of 35 students by simple random sampling by creating a computer-assisted simple random numbers table (www.randomizer.org). Selected students will be randomly assigned so that the general academic achievement grades of both groups are homogeneous. The groups will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control group by the code "A" and "B" by the software specialist.
Masking:
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description:
It will be explained to all students that training will be given over the website https://www.agriegitimi.net and the starting time of the training will be announced on the website. Students will be told that they will be able to attend training and testing at the relevant time according to notifications. Students will not know that they are in the experimental or control group. In this way, students will be blinded. Only the software specialist will know the students in the intervention and control groups. The data will be sent to the statistician by the software specialist as group A and B data. This way the statistician will be blind. The researcher will not be present at any stage of data collection. After the statistical analysis is done and the research report is written, the coding of the experimental and control groups will be explained to the researcher by the software specialist.
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Official Title:
Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Chronic Pain Management Education Program Developed for Nursing Students
Anticipated Study Start Date :
May 1, 2022
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Sham Comparator: Control group

The students in the control group will be given a pre-test, and two weeks later, the post-test will be applied. After the chronic pain education group completes the research, the chronic pain education program will be opened to the students in the control group, too.

Other: No intervention
No intervention will be made.
Other Names:
  • Control group

    		•
    Experimental: Chronic pain education group

    The pre-test will be opened to the students in the chronic pain education group simultaneously with the opening of the post-tests for the control group.After the students in the chronic pain education group completed the pre-test, the chronic pain management training program developed for nursing students will be applied for 2 weeks. Post test will be applied at the end of all training videos and evaluation questions.

    Other: chronic pain management education program
    The chronic pain management training program will be applied for 2 weeks. The training consists of 15 videos about theory and practice topics in chronic pain management. There are evaluation questions at the end of each video.
    Other Names:
  • Experimental group

    		•

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Introductory features form [pre-intervention]

      It was prepared by the researcher in line with the literature knowledge. In the form of introductory characteristics of nursing students; There are 7 questions about the students' date of birth, gender, whether they have chronic pain, whether they have chronic pain from family members they live with, in which clinics they do internship, and whether they find themselves competent in the management of chronic pain of the patients they care for.

    2. Scale of attitudes of students studying in the field of health towards patients with chronic pain [pre-intervention]

      The Attitude Scale of Health Students towards Patients with Chronic Pain is a 5-point Likert scale and has 18 items. It consists of two factors: sensitivity orientation and error orientation. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficients are 0.88 and 0.75 for the first and second factors, respectively. Each factor gets a separate score. Each item in the factors receives a score between "1" and "5". The scores are summed up and divided by the number of items, then a score between 1 and 5 is obtained, thus a standard evaluation of two factors can be done. There is no cut-off score in the scale. An increased score from the sensitivity and misconception orientation factors indicates that healthcare professionals' attitude towards patients with chronic pain is positively strong. On the other hand, a low score on these factors indicates a strong negative attitude.

    3. Scale of attitudes of students studying in the field of health towards patients with chronic pain [immediately after the intervention]

      The Attitude Scale of Health Students towards Patients with Chronic Pain is a 5-point Likert scale and has 18 items. It consists of two factors: sensitivity orientation and error orientation. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficients are 0.88 and 0.75 for the first and second factors, respectively. Each factor gets a separate score. Each item in the factors receives a score between "1" and "5". The scores are summed up and divided by the number of items, then a score between 1 and 5 is obtained, thus a standard evaluation of two factors can be done. There is no cut-off score in the scale. An increased score from the sensitivity and misconception orientation factors indicates that healthcare professionals' attitude towards patients with chronic pain is positively strong. On the other hand, a low score on these factors indicates a strong negative attitude.

    4. Chronic pain management knowledge test [pre-intervention]

      The knowledge test on chronic pain management was created by the researchers in line with the literature. The knowledge test for chronic pain management includes 24 case-based five-choice multiple-choice questions. In this test, each correct answer is 1 point and a wrong answer is zero. The total score is obtained by adding the scores obtained from the test. The highest score that can be obtained from the test is 24, and the lowest score is zero. An increase in the score obtained from the test indicates that the participant's level of knowledge about chronic pain management increases, while a decrease in the score indicates a low level of knowledge.

    5. Chronic pain management knowledge test [immediately after the intervention]

      The knowledge test on chronic pain management was created by the researchers in line with the literature. The knowledge test for chronic pain management includes 24 case-based five-choice multiple-choice questions. In this test, each correct answer is 1 point and a wrong answer is zero. The total score is obtained by adding the scores obtained from the test. The highest score that can be obtained from the test is 24, and the lowest score is zero. An increase in the score obtained from the test indicates that the participant's level of knowledge about chronic pain management increases, while a decrease in the score indicates a low level of knowledge.

    6. Chronic pain management training program evaluation form [immediately after the intervention]

      Chronic pain management training program evaluation Form, Game-based virtual reality application evaluation form in Bıyık-Bayram and Çalışkan's (2017) The Effects of Game-Based Virtual Reality Application on Nursing Students' Learning Tracheostomy Care, was revised and revised to the chronic pain management training program. has been prepared. This form consists of two parts. The first part consists of two open-ended questions about the positive and negative thoughts of the students about the chronic pain management education program, and the second part consists of 16 questions that include 5-point Likert-type scoring in which the statements about the education program are evaluated. Each item in the form receives a score between "1" and "5". An increase in the score obtained from the form indicates that the participant evaluated the chronic pain management training program p vely.This form will be filled by the students in the experimental group at the end of the post-test.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years to 35 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Nursing Grade 4

    • with internet access

    • Students who volunteered to participate in the research

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder

    • Difficulty in understanding and speaking Turkish

    • Graduated from Health Vocational High School

    • Attending any training on pain and/or having a pain education certificate

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    No locations specified.

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Çankırı Karatekin University

    Investigators

    None specified.

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Nefise Cevriye SUCU ÇAKMAK, Principal Investigator, Çankırı Karatekin University
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT05371769
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • NSUCUCAKMAK
    First Posted:
    May 12, 2022
    Last Update Posted:
    May 12, 2022
    Last Verified:
    May 1, 2022
    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 Nefise Cevriye SUCU ÇAKMAK, Principal Investigator, Çankırı Karatekin University
    Chronic pain
    Nursing student education
    Web-Technology based education
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Chronic Pain

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of May 12, 2022