Determining the Effects of an Evidence-Based Practice Education Intervention Program Applied to Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
- Enrollment
- 108
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Nursing Students' Awareness and Attitude Scale to Research and Developments
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
It was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of the evidence-based practice education intervention program in 3rd year students of the Faculty of Nursing on their knowledge, attitude, behavior and future use of evidence-based practice, and their awareness and attitudes towards research and developments.
The study was parallel group (experimental-control), randomized controlled experimental design with pretest-posttest design.
It was carried out in 3rd year students of nursing department of Selçuk University Faculty of Nursing in Konya province.
Study data were collected from 108 students between February 2023 and June 2023. Nursing students in the intervention (n = 54) and control groups (n = 54) were determined by randomization method.
Detailed Description
A total of 12 hours of Evidence-Based Education intervention was applied to students in the intervention group, spread over 7 sessions. The educational intervention was created in line with the literature. No application was given to the students in the control group. Data were collected using the Students' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior Towards Evidence-Based Nursing Scale and the Nursing Students' Awareness and Attitudes Towards Research and Developments in Nursing Scale. Paired Sample T test and Wilcoxon test will be used in pre-test and post-test comparisons. Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, One Way Anova test will be applied to determine the difference between groups. Statistical significance level was accepted as p˂0.05.
Investigators
Fatma Taş Arslan
Professor
Selcuk University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Be registered in the third year of nursing
- •Having taken a research course
Exclusion Criteria
- •The student suspends his/her registration or transfers to another university
- •Not volunteering to participate in the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Nursing Students' Awareness and Attitude Scale to Research and Developments
Time Frame: Change from baseline and post test (after 14 weeks).
The scale is a five-point Likert type (strongly disagree = 1, strongly agree = 5) and consists of 29 items, 17 of which are positive and 12 of which are negative, and has a single sub-dimensional. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 29-145. A high average score indicates that awareness and positive attitude towards research is high.
Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Scale on Evidence-Based Nursing
Time Frame: Change from baseline and post test (after 14 weeks).
Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Scale on Evidence-Based Nursing The Likert-type scale consists of four sub-dimensions: "knowledge", "attitude", "future use" and "application" and 26 items. Although the scale does not have a total score, each sub-dimension is evaluated separately. A high score indicates that the student has more knowledge.