Mentoring Program for Nursing Students

Nursing Students Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of the Peer Mentoring Program Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Self-confidence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05800652
• Other study ID #: MTatu
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 20, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: Gazi University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

University life is a challenging period for many students. University students mostly leave their families and live in crowded environments such as home and home. Research shows that students have difficulty in adapting to university life and often experience emotional, academic, professional and economic problems. Peer mentoring is one of the methods of learning and developing life skills in meeting the needs of university students.The peer mentoring intervention, which is used effectively in nursing education, provides benefits to both mentor and menene; It provides the opportunity to grow and improve by improving positive interaction between peers.It can be said that peer mentoring has a significant effect on students in line with the literature information. In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this process.

Description:

In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this process. Study has been planned as a type of randomized controlled intervention type with pre -test and monitoring patterns, one of the quantitative research methods. 40 mentees (experiment = 20; control = 20) and 20 mentors were included in the study.12 -week mentoring program was applied to the mentees by the mentors. In the collection of research data, "Personal Information Form", "General Self -Qualification Scale", "Self -Confidence Scale" and "Perceived Stress Scale" were used. The measurements were taken 3 times:pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: March 20, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 17 Years to 22 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• being a foreign national
• taking first-year courses repeatedly
• be in another ongoing mentoring or psychosocial support/counselling program

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mentoring
• Nursing Students

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Peer Mentoring Program
Mentoring program created in academic, social, emotional and safety dimensions.In the academic dimension, there is information about the instructors, course selection, preparing a course study program,efficient study methods,information about the education and training program. Social dimension includes interpersonal relations, participation in social life, free time activities, making friends.The emotional dimension includes developing self-confidence,coping with stress,belonging and motivation.In the security dimension, there are student rights,scholarship opportunities, accommodation opportunities, library and internet facilities, use of the health center and clinical practice. In the mentoring program, it was expected that the mentors would make individual meeting(s) with the mentee they were matched with, face to face, online or over the phone, and share information and support every week. The mentoring program continued for 12 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Merve Kizilirmak Tatu	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gazi University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)	The scale aims to determine the general self-efficacy level of individuals. The scale has 10 items and one dimension, and has a 4-point Likert (1=completely false- 4=completely true=) structure. The score obtained from the scale is between 10-40. A high score means high general self-efficacy.	Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	The scale, which consists of a total of 14 items, was designed to measure how stressful some situations in the life of the individual are perceived. The scale is 5-point Likert type. A score between 0 and 56 is taken from the scale. A high score indicates an excess of one's perception of stress.	Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
Primary	Self-Confidence Scale (SCS)	The scale consists of 33 items and 2 subscale. The scale is arranged in a 5-point Likert style and the maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 165. A high score from the scale without reverse coded items indicates a high level of self-confidence.	Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)