The Effect of Therapeutic Treatment on Stress and Coping Stress

Nurse's Role Clinical Trial

— nursing  

Official title:

The Effect of Therapeutic Treatment Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Stress Coping Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05367934
• Other study ID #: 0000-0001-9237-2714
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 14, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 5, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Cukurova University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Nursing students are exposed to intensive theoretical and clinical applications throughout their academic education. During this educational process, students' stress increases and their coping behaviors are affected.

Description:

This study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to nursing students on stress levels and coping behaviors. The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks, and the patients in the control group did not receive any treatment other than their routine care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: May 5, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 4, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over the age of 18, Maximum age 24 Volunteer to work, Nursing students who had not received touch therapy before were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Previous or current tactile therapy,

• A therapeutic touch therapist,

• Nursing students who did not volunteer for the study were not included in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nurse's Role

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Therapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch for stress

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Zehra Bayram	Osmani?ye

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zehra Bayram

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress	Perceived Stress Inventory for Nursing Students (APPS) (Annex II) Sheu et al. (2002) originally in Chinese, the scale consisted of 29 items. Chan et al. (2009), Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.89, and the sub-dimensions were 0.87-0.89. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used, including '4- Very stressful for me, 3, 2, 1, 0- Not stressful for me'.	Scales are filled after 3 days of application
Primary	The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress Coping Behaviors	Stress Coping Behaviors Scale for Nursing Students (SPSAS) (Annex III), Sheu et al. (2002) the scale consists of 19 items. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.76. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used: '4- I agree, 3, 2, 1, 0- I strongly disagree'.	Scales are filled after 3 days of application