Communication Practices to Develop the Health Literacy Competencies in Nursing Students
- Conditions
- CompetenceHealth LiteracyNursing Students
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Multimodal intervention (communication and education simulations) for EG1
- Registration Number
- NCT06490406
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Cadiz
- Brief Summary
Communication is a key health literacy educational competency in the professional training of health providers. However, students often have difficulty in applying theoretical communication models to the reality of clinical practice. Multimodal interventions based on simulation models emerge as an essential element to overcome this gap. During the simulation training, students must be aware of their communication errors and the needs that patients share in a clinical interaction.
The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of multimodal training, which incorporates a systematic feedback guide about the student's clinical interview simulation performance, as a training complement to classical education to improve health literacy competencies and clear communication practices in health sciences students.
A randomized controlled trial will be conducted on 82 second-year nursing students recruited from the University of Cadiz. The experimental and control groups will receive the same communication multimodal training except for the inclusion of feedback on key aspects of communication for health literacy, which the experimental groups only used. Students will be assessed through clinical interview simulations by external observers. Bivariate and inferential statistical analyses will be carried out.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 82
- Second-year nursing students at the University of Cadiz enrolled in the Interpersonal Communication Skills subject.
- Absence in training.
- Does not consent to participate in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Experimental Group 1 (EG1) Multimodal intervention (communication and education simulations) for EG1 In addition to the usual training in communication skills, a systematic and digitalized guide will be used that included the "health literacy practices" qualified by Coleman et al. \[10\] as a training complement and self-assessment of its performance. They will also receive feedback from independent observers (according to the systematic guide).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical relationship during the healthcare process 5 months Clinical relationship developed between a healthcare professional and a patient was measured through CICAA scale (pre-test, post-test 1, and post-test 2).
The CICAA scale is a measure instrument designed to assess the clinical relationship (CR) developed between a health professional and a patient. It can be used to evaluate global or partial aspects of CR, is based on an external evaluation through observation of the interaction and can be used for teaching purposes. For all 29 items (scored 0, 1, 2), the minimum score is 0, and the maximum score is 58. The higher the score, the better the communication skills in the consultation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Faculty of Nursing, University of Cadiz
🇪🇸Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain