The Effect of Privacy Education on Nursing Students' Privacy Consciousness and Attitudes Towards Patient Privacy

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Privacy Education on Nursing Students' Privacy Consciousness and Attitudes Towards Patient Privacy: A Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04910009
• Other study ID #: 2019-252
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 13, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 26, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Gazi University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was conducted in a pre-test-post-test, factorial group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of privacy education on nursing students' privacy consciousness and attitudes towards patient privacy. The universe of the study consisted of the third-grade students (n = 239) registered in Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic Year. All students (n = 239) were evaluated according to the exclusion criteria from the study. The students who met the inclusion criteria (n = 116) were informed about the research. A pre-test was applied to the students (n = 116) who volunteered to participate in the study. According to gender, 116 students were randomly assigned to the control group (n = 38), study group I (n = 40), and study group II (n = 38) by a statistician by computer technique. Data were collected November 2020 and February 2021 using the Informative Features Form, the Privacy Consciousness Scale, The Patient Privacy Scale, and Students' Views on Education Form.

Description:

Implementation All students participated to the theoretical classes of the privacy education.Theoretical lessons consisted of 2 sessions of 40 minutes each. Privacy Concept and Patient Privacy Specific to Nursing Profession in the first session; In the second session, Ethical Problem Clusters Regarding Patient Privacy in Nursing Practices and Ethical Analysis of Measures to be Taken were explained. In the theoretical sessions, Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, lecture and question-answer methods were used. Then study group I and study group II are divided into four groups. The groups, under the consultancy of the researcher, separately wrote cases involving ethical problems related to physical, informational, decisional, and relational privacy. Both groups made the ethical analysis of these cases into a presentation. The study group I prepared digital storytelling for each case as I extra. The counseling given to the study groups consisted of 2 sessions of 2 hours each. Then, each study groups presented their cases and case studies to their group friends. The study group I shared their digital stories in addition to the case study. Two sessions of 60 minutes each were held for each study group. Two groups made their presentations at each session. Question-answer and discussion methods were used.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 116
• Est. completion date: April 26, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 17, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 22 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Registered in the Nursing Ethics course for the first time.
• Be a volunteer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• To take the Nursing Ethics Course from a lower class or to be a repeat student,
• Having difficulty in understanding and speaking Turkish (being a foreign national, etc.),
• Graduating from a secondary or higher education institution related to Health Sciences (Nursing, Emergency Medical Technician, Physiotherapy, etc.),
• Not having a computer of his own,
• To report that they have less than intermediate internet access.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education

Intervention

Other:
• Four sessions of practical privacy education
Two sessions of theoretical, four sessions of practical privacy education

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Gülcan Eyüboglu	Ankara	Yenimahalle

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gazi University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from Baseline in Privacy Consciousness on the 5 mean point The Privacy Consciousness Scale (PCS) Week 8, Week 12, and Week 24	The PCS is a validated, self-reported instrument assessing average privacy consciousness. Possible score range from (0) low privacy consciousness to (5) high privacy consciousness	Baseline, Week 8, Week 12, and Week 24
Primary	Change from Baseline in Attitudes Toward Patient Privacy on the 5 mean point The Patient Privacy Scale (PPS) Week 8, Week 12, and Week 24	The PPS is a validated, self-reported instrument assessing average attitude toward patient privacy. Possible score range from (0) low attitude toward patient privacy to (5) high attitude toward patient privacy.	Baseline, Week 8, Week 12, and Week 24