Developing and Validating the Caring Questionnaire of Service Learning Courses

CARING Clinical Trial

Official title:

Developing and Validating the Caring Questionnaire of Service Learning Courses: Using the Transformative Learning Model and Theory of Planned Behavior

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04204187
• Other study ID #: MOST 108-2637-B-166-002
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: December 18, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2023
• Source: Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Research purposes: 1. Construct the caring scale in service learning courses. 2. Verify the reliability and validity of caring scale in service learning curriculum.

Description:

Background: The core value of healthcare education is caring. However, caring traits are learned and acquired. Service learning advocates learning by doing. Through experience learning, students are guided to learn caring attitude or caring behaviour. Thus, teachers should construct appropriate assessments to understand caring traits as a transformative process from students' learning. Teachers should also adjust the pace of teaching continuously and design appropriate courses to facilitate students' achievement of their learning goals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: June 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 2, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergraduate students after attending a service learning course

Exclusion Criteria:

• undergraduate students who refuse or are unwilling to participate in service learning courses.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• CARING
• SERVICE LEARNING

Intervention

Behavioral:
• service learning
service learning for university students

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taichung

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	first impression scale of service facility	Developing and validating the first impression scale in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, and very negative. The more positive feeling is more higher score.	up to 48 month
Primary	service-learning experience of scale for caring	Developing and validating the service-learning experience scale for caring in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more caring experiences.	up to 48 month
Primary	organizational climate for service-learning	Developing and validating the organizational climate survey for service-learning in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, and very negative. The more positive feeling is more higher score.	up to 48 month
Primary	idea transformation questionnaire for service-learning	Developing and validating a idea transformation questionnaire after service-learning in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more idea changes.	up to 48 month
Primary	perceived behavioral control for caring	Developing and validating the perceived behavioral control for caring in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: agree strongly, agree, neutral, disagree, and disagree strongly. The higher score indicates higher caring ability. The lower score indicates more difficult/limited to do caring behavior.	up to 48 month
Primary	behavioral intention of caring	Developing and validating the behavioral intention of caring in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: agree strongly, agree, neutral, disagree, and disagree strongly. The higher score indicates higher commit for caring behavior in the near future.	up to 48 month
Secondary	attitude of caring	Three items for personal attitude towards caring including cognition, affection and behavior. The score range from 0-15. The higher score means more positive attitude of caring.	after service-learning activity 1 month
Secondary	subjective norms	Personal caring ability is mainly influenced by those important people. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very important, important, neutral, unimportant, and very unimportant. The more important feeling is more higher score.	after service-learning activity 1 month
Secondary	selfishness questionnaire	Validating and reliability for selfishness scale in traditional Chinese language. The range score is from 0-48. A higher score indicates more selfishness.	after service-learning activity 1 month