Creative Drama in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Education

Educational Problems Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Perceived Effect of Communication Skills Education Integrated With Creative Drama on Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Students' Empathy and Communication Skills to Develop With the Patient: A Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05208151
• Other study ID #: ATADEK-2021/22/06
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 16, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: June 2022
• Source: Acibadem University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Candidates who will provide the health services of the future should be ready to provide the safe and best health care services. In order to achieve this, it is recommended to use new training programs and methods that will provide similar situations to the working environment in the training of health workers. There are very few studies on the empathy and communication perceptions that creative drama education will create with the patient on physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students. Therefore, this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the perceived effect of communication skills training integrated with creative drama on physiotherapy and rehabilitation students' empathy and communication skills that will develop with the patient.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: February 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being willing to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course in any of the fall or spring semesters.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Desire to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course at his own request.
• Not wanting to participate in the study
• Having a diagnosed psychological disorder and/or receiving psychological treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Educational Problems

Intervention

Other:
• Creative Drama Education
Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health Course will be given to students for 2 hours a week for 14 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Acibadem University	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Acibadem University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	interpersonal communication questionnaire	It is stated that the first four items are related to communication anxiety and the last four items are related to communication trust. Each item has a 5-point Likert scale between 1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree. High values indicate poor communication	Change from Baseline interpersonal communication questionnaire at 14 weeks
Primary	Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale	The score range is 20-140, with higher average scores representing higher levels of empathy.	Change from Baseline Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale at 14 weeks
Secondary	Visual analog scale-communication	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the communication that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.	Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks
Secondary	Visual analog scale-anxiety/stress	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the anxiety/stress that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.	Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks
Secondary	Visual analog scale-motivation	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the motivation that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.	Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks