Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT05766228 |
| Other study ID # |
E-15189967-050.02.04-145388 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
October 15, 2022 |
| Est. completion date |
May 15, 2023 |
Study information
| Verified date |
January 2023 |
| Source |
Kutahya Health Sciences University |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
In this study, web-based intercultural midwifery training will increase students' cultural
sensitivity and cultural skill level score averages. Based on these results, interactive
training methods should be use on the web base to increase the effectiveness of the training
given to the students and this training should be make widespread. It may be suggested that
this research should be repeat using different training techniques and with different sample
groups.
Description:
International migrations have caused cultural diversity in societies (Foronda, 2008).
Individuals from different societies have different needs due to habits from their cultures
(Foronda, 2008; Henderson et al., 2018; Sharifi et al., 2019). Cultural diversity in
countries has made the delivery of effective healthcare services difficult (Henderson et al.,
2018). In this respect, the vaccination of the concepts of cultural competence and cultural
sensitivity, which were popular in health service delivery, has become an international
requirement for health professionals by coming to the fore in the literature (Henderson et
al., 2018; Sharifi et al., 2019).
Lack of awareness about providing effective healthcare to patients from different cultures
raises concerns about disrupting patient-clinician communication and causing inequality of
access to care (Watt et al., 2016; Sharifi et al., 2019; Gungor et al., 2021). A society's
values, beliefs, language characteristics, cultural structure, and living condition shape
health promotion and protection behaviors (Henderson et al., 2018; Beser et al., 2021). On
the other hand, providing culturally adequate and responsive care can be achieved by ensuring
appropriate intercultural communication and approach competence (Çingöl et al., 2021). Health
professionals who have cultural skills can act according to the rules and values of the
society in which they provide health services, with high empathy skills, respect different
cultures, and the most appropriate forms of communication with the culture (Mobula et al.,
2015, Yılmaz et al., 2019).
The cultural or traditional practices are high in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum
practices (Çakır Koçak & Sevil, 2015; Altuntuğ et al., 2018). The midwives should be
sensitive to cultural differences to provide effective cultural care (Yılmaz et al., 2019;
Guner et al., 2022). For this reason, it was necessary to integrate effective and appropriate
cultural approaches to midwifery, which is closely related to women's health (Fleming et al.,
2017; Beser et al., 2021; Gungor et al., 2021). At this point, it seems inevitable to
prioritize the issues of raising awareness of cultural competence in midwifery education
(Briscoe, 2013; Guner et al., 2022). The multicultural structure of Turkish society
necessitates the informational support of midwives in understanding cultural differences,
being sensitive, and meeting the needs of the society (Yılmaz et al., 2019; Guner et al.,
2022). In the literature, to provide healthcare professionals with cultural competence and
cultural sensitivity skills during undergraduate education were recommeded (Mobula et al.,
2015; Yılmaz et al., 2019; Guner et al., 2022).
In a limited number of non-invasive studies on the subject, the focus was on defining the
cultural competence and awareness of health professionals and students studying in the field
of health (Aghajari et al., 2019; Shepherd et al., 2019; Beser et al., 2021; Çiftçi et al.,
2021; Gungor et al., 2021). In some of the studies, the lack of interventional studies on
increasing cultural skills was emphasized (Shepherd et al., 2019; Guner et al., 2022). In
their study, Çingöl et al. (2021) reported that students' self-confidence and empathic skills
increased in cultural sensitivity and intercultural communication as a result of an
intercultural nursing course intervention. On the other hand, there is no interventional and
multicenter study in the literature in which the cultural approaches of midwives and midwife
candidates were developed. At this point, considering the prevalence of internet use
worldwide (66.2%) (Internet World Stats, 2022), midwife candidates may gain cultural
competencies through web-based training. The original results obtained from this study can
contribute to the development of techniques that can be adapted to the cultural values of the
societies where midwifery services are provided. Therefore, this study aims to examine the
effect of web-based intercultural midwifery training given to students on students' cultural
sensitivity and cultural skill level.
