Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy and Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome

Heart Transplantation Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy Students: Exercise Program for Patients With Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04261998
• Other study ID #: H1542195894247
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: University of Valencia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A service-learning programme in physiotherapy students will be performed. 30 physiotherapy students will be randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=16) or to a control group (n=16). Intervention group will perform a service-learning program with real patients with heart transplantation, and will have to perform a physical therapy program adapted to a real patient. Two meetings will be performed in order to establish groups, explain the project and search information based on evidence in scientific databases. In addition, three meetings with patients will be stated in order to establish the adapted program based on the real patient's needs and characteristics. The control group will have to perform a physiotherapy program without meeting real patients.

Description:

This study aims at determining the effect of a Service-Learning program on knowledge, ethical sensitivity and acquired transversal competences. On the other hand, we aim at evaluating the service performed, the skills acquired, the participation, the degree of participatory evaluation and the level of satisfaction of the intervention group. All variables will be measured with validated scales or questionnaires.

Both groups will have to describe the specific characteristics of the program, different phases of the process, types of exercises recommended, contraindications, safety ranges with respect to the intensity of the exercise, ways of calculating the intensity and self-control. Likewise, they will have to defend the usefulness and duration of the final product through an oral presentation of the program to the patients themselves. Finally, the possible doubts that should exist will be solved.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physiotherapy students

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior courses on cardiac rehabilitation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Heart Transplantation

Intervention

Other:
• Service-learning program
Intervention group will perform a service-learning program with real patients with heart transplantation, and will have to perform a physical therapy program adapted to a real patient. Two meetings will be performed in order to establish groups, explain the project and search information based on evidence in scientific databases. In addition, three meetings with patients will be stated in order to establish the adapted program based on the real patient's needs and characteristics.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Valencia	Valencia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Valencia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ethical sensitivity	Ethical sensitivity Questionnaire, composed of of 9 items with six possible responses (Likert scale from 1, indicating total disagreement, to 6, indicating total agreement). The minimum score is 9 and the maximum score is 54. The more score, the more ethical sensitivity. Cronbach's alpha=0.76	baseline
Primary	Ethical sensitivity	Ethical sensitivity Questionnaire, composed of of 9 items with six possible responses (Likert scale from 1, indicating total disagreement, to 6, indicating total agreement). The minimum score is 9 and the maximum score is 54. The more score, the more ethical sensitivity. Cronbach's alpha=0.76	3 months
Secondary	Service performed (by the students of the experimental group)	Service-learning Questionnaire, using the part of the questionnaire about service	3 months
Secondary	Skills acquired (by the students of the experimental group)	Service-learning Questionnaire, using the part of the questionnaire about skills	3 months
Secondary	Participation (of the students of the experimental group)	Service-learning Questionnaire,using the part of the questionnaire about participation	3 months
Secondary	Degree of participatory evaluation (of the students of the experimental group)	Questionnaire of Participatory evaluation, Service-learning and university	3 months
Secondary	Level of satisfaction (of the students of the experimental group)	ad-hoc satisfaction questionnaire	3 months
Secondary	Knowledge on physiotherapy in heart transplantation	A 10-question test exam will be created ad-hoc	baseline
Secondary	Knowledge on physiotherapy in heart transplantation	A 10-question test exam will be created ad-hoc	3 months
Secondary	Acquired transversal competences	Questionnaire of Higher education, transversal skills and gender, consisted of 6 items about gender and competencies (Likert scale of 7 points: level 4 was set as neutral, scores above 4 were considered positive, and those below 4 were taken as negative scores)	baseline
Secondary	Acquired transversal competences	Questionnaire of Higher education, transversal skills and gender, consisted of 6 items about gender and competencies (Likert scale of 7 points: level 4 was set as neutral, scores above 4 were considered positive, and those below 4 were taken as negative scores)	3 months