Developing Nursing Students' Intercultural Sensitivity Levels

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Education; Nursing Caries
• Interventions: Other: Structured education

• Registration Number: NCT05941026
• Lead Sponsor: Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Brief Summary

This study; This is a randomized controlled experimental type study designed to improve the intercultural sensitivity levels of nursing students.

Detailed Description

Cultural sensitivity is extremely important for healthcare professionals. Understanding cultural differences can help build a trusting relationship between patients and healthcare professionals. This increases patient satisfaction and improves the quality of health services.

This work; This is a randomized controlled experimental type study designed to improve the intercultural sensitivity levels of nursing students.

Intercultural sensitivity training does not affect the intercultural sensitivity level of nursing students.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-01
• Study Completion: 2023-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-21
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 117

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a student of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Nursing Department
• Having successfully completed the basic practical courses of the first three classes
• Being enrolled in one of the Public Health Nursing or Mental Health and Diseases Nursing courses from the fourth year
• Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Not completing the training sessions of the research

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arms	Structured education	Nursing students who were in the experimental group during the application phase of the study were given training to develop their intercultural sensitivity levels based on Leninger's Intercultural Nursing Theory. Data were collected at the beginning of the four-week online training, at the end of the training, and one month after the training.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and Personel Questions	Pre-test (Before the training)	The scale was developed by Chen and Starosta and was adapted to Turkish in 2010. It consists of twenty-four items and includes five emotional dimensions necessary to measure intercultural sensitivity. The scale has five dimensions: responsibility in communication, respect for cultural differences, self-confidence in communication, enjoying communication, and being careful in communication. The scale has a 5-point Likert-type rating. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of sensitivity increases. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was determined as 0.90.
Intercultural Sensitivity Scale	eight weeks after the pre-test (and one month after the training)	The scale was developed by Chen and Starosta and was adapted to Turkish in 2010. It consists of twenty-four items and includes five emotional dimensions necessary to measure intercultural sensitivity. The scale has five dimensions: responsibility in communication, respect for cultural differences, self-confidence in communication, enjoying communication, and being careful in communication. The scale has a 5-point Likert-type rating. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of sensitivity increases. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was determined as 0.90.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aydın Adnan Menderes University Institute of Health Sciences Department of Public Health Nursing; 🇹🇷 Aydın, Turkey