Effectiveness of a Heart Disease Blended Learning Program in Future Physiotherapy Professionals: A Prospective Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
- Enrollment
- 124
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Blended Learning (BL) is proving to be an effective method of teaching within the health professions . However, there are still scarce studies on BL conducted with undergraduate physiotherapy students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a heart disease BL programme in knowledge, motivation, engagement, design of the programme instructions and learning behaviours in physiotherapy students.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •studying a Physiotherapy Degree at the aforementioned University
- •to be willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Physiotherapy students
The participants performed an 8-week heart disease blended learning program.
Intervention: Blended learning in heart disease (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
Time Frame: 20 weeks
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
Time Frame: 0 weeks
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
Time Frame: 4 weeks
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
Time Frame: 12 weeks
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Secondary Outcomes
- Effect of the Dader Method in Cardiovascular Risk of Patients with Risk Factors or Cardiovascular Disease Questionnaire (EMDADER)(0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks)
- Learning behaviours (II)(0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks)
- Academic Motivation Scale and Attributional Styles Questionnaire(4, 8 weeks)
- Community of Inquiry Survey(0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks)
- Learning behaviours (I)(0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks)
- Student Engagement Questionnaire(4, 8 weeks)
- Learning behaviours (III)(0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks)
Investigators
David Hernández-Guillén
Assistant professor, PT, PhD
University of Valencia