COVID-19 Simulation Education on Nursing Students

COVID-19 Pandemic Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Simulation Education as an Approach to Patients With COVID-19 on Nursing Students' Perception and Fear of COVID-19 Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05576636
• Other study ID #: MAKU-GO 2021/357
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 10, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to determine the effect of simulation education as an approach to patients with COVID-19 on nursing students' perception and fear of the COVID-19 disease. This study was conducted in a randomized controlled trials with 86 nursing students from a university between November 10 and December 10, 2021.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 86
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 10, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Nursing student and
• Agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusing to participate in the study or quitting the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Simulation of Physical Illness

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Simulation training
Expectations regarding the scenario were explained to the participants before the implementation. They were given information about the standard patient. Roles were distributed, and the implementation time of the scenario was announced. Written permission was obtained from students involved in the scenario. The intervention group was given scenario-based education appropriate for the approach to a standard patient with COVID-19. During the implementation of the scenario, the instructor did not interfere with students, and after the feedback, the "show-do" method was used to improve the incorrect skill steps. Two instructors evaluated students' performance on the standard patient simulation as "achieved-failed" and the application was recorded as a pre-test.

Other:
• Control Group
The control group didn't apply any interference during the study. Participants in the control group continued their routine follow-up.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University	Burdur

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (3)

Almomani E, Sullivan J, Hajjieh M, Leighton K. Simulation-based education programme for upskilling non-critical care nurses for COVID-19 deployment. BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn. 2020 Oct 21;7(5):319-322. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000711. eCollection 20 — View Citation

Huang CL. [Impact of Nurse Practitioners and Nursing Education on COVID-19 Pandemics: Innovative Strategies of Authentic Technology-Integrated Clinical Simulation]. Hu Li Za Zhi. 2021 Oct;68(5):4-6. doi: 10.6224/JN.202110_68(5).01. Chinese. — View Citation

Hung CC, Kao HS, Liu HC, Liang HF, Chu TP, Lee BO. Effects of simulation-based learning on nursing students' perceived competence, self-efficacy, and learning satisfaction: A repeat measurement method. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Feb;97:104725. doi: 10.1016/j. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Approach to COVID-19 Patient Form	This form was created by the researchers following a review of the literature (Collado-Boira et al., 2020; Cervera-Gasch, Gonz ´alez-Chorda ´, & Mena-Tudela, 2020; Kurt, & Dalkiran, 2021; Ulenaers, et al., 2021; Isik, Konus, & Bakar, 2021) and was evaluated by 3 experts who had a PhD degree in the field, and necessary improvements were made in line with their suggestions. It consists of 14 items in total. This form includes interventions, such as "The mask should be worn before entering the patient room or care area" and "Disposable respiratory and face masks should be removed and discarded after leaving the patient's room or care area and closing the door." The correct application of these interventions was scored with "1 point" and the incorrect application with "0 points". Scores range between 0 and 14. As the scores increase, the accuracy level of the approach to the patient increases, as well.	5 Minute
Primary	The Fear of COVID-19 Scale	This scale was developed by Ahorsu et al. (2022), and its Turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability studies were performed by Ladikli et al. (2020). The scale has a single factor structure and consists of seven 5-point Likert-type (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree) items. Scores on the scale range between 7 and 35. The higher the score is, the higher the fear of the COVID-19 pandemic is. Cronbach's alpha value of the scale is 0.82 (Ladikli et al., 2020).	5 Minute
Primary	The COVID-19 Disease Perception Scale	This scale was developed by Genis et al. (2020). It consists of seven items. It has a five-point Likert-type structure and consists of two sub-dimensions. The total score is calculated by summing the scores of the items on the sub-dimension and dividing the results by the number of items on that sub-dimension. This operation yields a value between 1 and 5. High scores on the dangerousness sub-dimension indicate that the perceived dangerousness of the disease is high, and high scores on the contagiousness sub-dimension indicate that the perceived contagiousness of the disease is high. Cronbach's alpha value of the original scale is 0.78 (Genis et al., 2020).	5 Minute