The Effect of Peer Counseling on Nursing Image

Nursing Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Effect of Peer Counseling Initiative Applied to First Year Nursing Students in the Orientation Process on Their Perception of Nursing Image

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06195215
• Other study ID #: SKaya_002
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2024

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this randomised controlled study was to examine the effect of peer counselling on first-year nursing students' perceptions of nursing image in orientation processes.The H0 hypothesis of the study is that there is no statistical difference between the scores of the image scale towards nursing between the experimental and control groups after the peer-assisted orientation process.

Description:

In the study, pre-test data will be collected from the first year students enrolled in the school by using the 'Sociodemographic Data Form' and the 'Image Scale for Nursing Profession'. According to the pre-test results, 108 first-year nursing students who scored 143 points or less from the Image Scale for Nursing Profession will be determined by an independent statistical expert. These students will then be assigned to the experimental (n=54) and control (n=54) groups by simple randomisation method. The students in the intervention group will be randomly grouped with 27 senior nursing students who voluntarily agree to participate in the project to provide peer counseling, and one senior student will counsel 2 first-year students. A 7-week counseling process of 1 hour per week will be applied to 54 students in the intervention group. The research will be finalised by applying the post-test to the control and intervention groups immediately after the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 108
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

The experimental and control group to be included in the study

• Continuing their education in the first year of Mersin University Faculty of Nursing in the 2023-2024 Academic Year,

• Willing to participate in the study voluntarily, signing the informed consent form/written consent form,

• Does not have any cognitive, affective and verbal problems that prevent communication

• It is planned to include nursing students with an Image Scale for Nursing Profession score of 143 and lower.

Exclusion Criteria:

The experimental and control group to be excluded in the study

• Do not wish to participate as a volunteer, do not sign the informed consent form/written consent form

• Have a problem that prevents them from communicating cognitively, emotionally and verbally,

• It is planned to exclude nursing students with an Image Scale for Nursing Profession score of 143 and higher from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nursing

Intervention

Other:
• Peer Counselling
7 weeks peer counselling process will be carried out.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Turkey, Mersin Üniversity	Mersin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mersin University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (1)

Apaydin Cirik V, Gul U, Aksoy B. The image of nursing among nursing and other healthcare professional university students: A mixed-method study. Nurse Educ Pract. 2022 Feb;59:103293. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103293. Epub 2022 Jan 12. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Nursing image scores evaluated using Image Scale for Nursing Profession	Scores ranging from 42 to 210. It is a 5-point Likert type scale and consists of 42 items. It is evaluated between 5 'strongly agree' and 1 'strongly disagree'. Items 8, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 21, 22, 23, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 and 31 are reverse coded. As the score obtained from the scale increases, nurses' perception of professional image increases positively. Scale 143-109 points indicate medium level image, 108 and below indicate low level nursing image.	Before the intervention, Immediately after the intervention.