Disaster Nursing Course Affect Nursing Students' Disaster Literacy and Preparedness

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Completed

• Conditions: Literacy
• Interventions: Other: "Disaster Nursing" course/education

• Registration Number: NCT06407661
• Lead Sponsor: Izmir Democracy University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster literacy and preparedness perceptions. The study, which was a one-group quasi-experimental study design in a pretest-posttest design. Pre-test was done on September 27, 2021, and the post-test was applied on January 7, 2022. The location of the study is a public university in Izmir which is located in western part of Türkiye. The population of the study consisted of nursing students (n: 66) studying in the nursing department of the university and enrolled in the elective course "Disaster Nursing". No sample selection was made, and the study was conducted with 62 volunteer students. Individual introduction form, Disaster Literacy Scale, and Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale were used as tools for data collection. At the beginning of the study, data collection tools were collected online form. "Disaster nursing" course was conducted for 14 weeks as an intervention. The data were stored in the SPSS 25 program.

Detailed Description

This study aimed to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster literacy and preparedness perceptions. The study was a one-group quasi-experimental study design in a pretest-posttest design. Pre-test was done on September 27, 2021, and the post-test was applied on January 7, 2022. The location of the study is a public university in Izmir which is located in the western part of Türkiye. The population of the study consisted of nursing students (n: 66) studying in the nursing department of the university and enrolled in the elective course "Disaster Nursing". No sample selection was made, and the study was conducted with 62 volunteer students. Individual introduction form (13 questions), Disaster Literacy Scale (61 items), and Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale (20 items) were used as tools for data collection. At the beginning of the study, data collection tools were collected online form. "Disaster nursing" course was conducted for 14 weeks as an intervention. The descriptive statistical methods (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation), paired sample t-test, and Pearson correlation was used data analysis.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-09-27
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-01-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-05-06
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-09
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

• enrollment in the disaster nursing course
• regular attendance at meetings
• voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• participants with any form of cognitive
• a mental, or physical disability that interfered with communication,
• as well as individuals with an employment history, a diploma, or a certificate in the subject of disaster

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention	"Disaster Nursing" course/education	In this study, the "Disaster Nursing" course, which was integrated into the nursing curriculum, was an elective course, and it was carried out as a theoretical course for two hours a week. The purpose of its development was to educate students on disaster management and disaster nursing \[54\]. The course content included identification of risks and resources for disasters at the primary protection level, nurse's caregiver (triage and holistic care) and case manager role at the secondary protection level, reassessment of individuals' care needs at the tertiary level, and review of education and the current disaster plan at the protection level. The disaster nursing course was intended to develop students' perception of disaster awareness, preparedness, and response self-efficacy by providing them with primary, secondary, and tertiary level protection roles

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nurses' Perception of Disaster Preparedness Scale	14 weeks	This scale, which contains 20 items in total, consists of three sub-dimensions.The five-point Likert type scale includes the options "1-Strongly disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Somewhat agree, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly agree" for rating. The higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the perception of disaster preparedness.
Disaster Literacy Scale (DLS)	14 weeks	The conceptual framework of the 61-item scale consists of 16 domains.There are no reverse coded items in the scale. For ease of score calculation, the total score was standardized in the range of 0-50: Formula = Index = (arithmetic mean - 1) x \[50/4\]. With the calculated formula, cut-off points for harm reduction, preparedness, response and recovery dimensions were determined by SS values based on z-score. On the scale, 0 represents the lowest DLS and 50 represents the highest DLS. "The scale is categorized as inadequate DLS between 0-\<30 points, limited DLS between 30-\<36 points, adequate DLS between 36-\<42 points, and excellent DLS between 42-50 points. As the scores increase in the scale, the disaster literacy level of the participant increases.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

İzmir Democracy University; 🇹🇷 İzmir, Ege Bölgesi, Turkey