Evaluate the Impact of Online Educational Material (PRONEtect Educational Hub) on Nursing Students' Knowledge, Confidence Levels, and Application of Knowledge Regarding Skin Protection of the Prone Ventilated Patient - a Randomised Controlled Study
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Prone Position
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Knowledge assessment (test score)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to compare the impact of online educational material versus a classic lecture on the confidence levels, knowledge and knowledge application of final-year nursing students.
Participants will be asked to complete a baseline self-efficacy evaluation and a baseline knowledge test which were validated by the 11-member international expert panel previously established.
After randomization, the control group will be asked to attend a classic 1-hour lecture at the nursing school about the topic of prone positioning and skin/tissue damage prevention.
The experimental group will get access to the PRONEtect educational website containing short simulation videos and other learning materials.
Three weeks later the participants will be asked to complete the self-efficacy evaluation and knowledge assessment again, additionally a knowledge application assessment.
All the questionnaires will be administered via Qualtrics.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Final year nursing students studying towards their Bachelor in Nursing degree
- •Chosen topics of critical care nursing as supplementary subject or critical care subjects as part of their course or complex wound management as part of their course.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Nursing students who are not yet in their final year of studies.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Knowledge assessment (test score)
Time Frame: 3 weeks
A total sample size of 78 participants (39 in each group, 1:1 allocation ratio) to have at least 80% power to demonstrate non-inferiority of the online package (experimental group) compared to the classical lecture (control group) with respect to the mean change from baseline in knowledge at week 3 at the one-sided 1.25% significance level, when the non-inferiority margin is set at 1 point and when we assume a common standard deviation in both groups of 2.5 points, a true difference between the groups of 1 point in favor of the online package, and a drop-out rate of 20%.
Secondary Outcomes
- Confidence levels (survey scores)(3 weeks)
- Difference between the "Knowledge application" (test score) between the groups(3 weeks)