Effects of Intergroup Contact Training on Aging Stereotypes in Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 126
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The implicit effect value (D)
研究概览
简要总结
This study aimed to investigate the effects of intergroup contact training on the levels of aging stereotypes, intergroup anxiety, and willingness to engage in geriatric nursing work among undergraduate nursing students.
详细描述
This research was designed as a pre-test-post-test randomized controlled experimental study. Nursing students from a university in Hangzhou, China served as the research subjects, who were randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. The control group received training in the regular course and was given compensatory intervention after the experiment, while the experimental group received intergroup contact training (the regular course combined with intergroup contact content). Such training was carried out in the forms of both individual and group interventions for a duration of 12 weeks. The levels of aging stereotypes, intergroup anxiety, and the willingness to engage in geriatric nursing among the nursing students were investigated before and after the training. Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Shapiro-Wilk, T-test, Wilcoxon signed ranks tests, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to analyze the data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the nursing program
- •not yet enrolled in a geriatric nursing course
- •agreed to participate in this study and signed an informed consent form
排除标准
- •students in the nursing program pursuing a bachelor degree through a vocational-to-degree pathway
- •Students who have taken a break from their studies
研究组 & 干预措施
Intergroup contact training + Regular course training
In addition to the regular curriculum, the experimental group of nursing students were required to receive the intervention program developed by this study.
干预措施: Intergroup contact training (Other)
Regular course training only
Nursing undergraduates in the control group received regular course teaching and practical activities, including geriatric nursing, daily courses and community activities.
干预措施: Regular course training only (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
The implicit effect value (D)
时间窗: Baseline and Month 3
The implicit effect value were measured by the Single-Category Implicit Association Test (SC- IAT), a time-limited word categorization task, using the E-Prime procedure. The SC-IAT program consists of four blocks: Blocks I and III are practice blocks, while Blocks II and IV are formal tests. The data analyzed were derived from Blocks II and IV. Blocks I and II feature incompatible tasks with positive words for the elderly on the left and negative words on the right. Blocks III and IV are compatible tasks, with positive words on the right and elderly concept words and negative words on the left. The implicit effect value (D) was calculated by subtracting the mean reaction time of the compatible task from that of the incompatible task, then dividing by the standard deviation of correct reaction times. A D value of 0 indicates a neutral implicit aging stereotype, while a value less than 0 suggests a negtive stereotype.
次要结局
- Geriatric Nursing Willingness Scale(Baseline and Month 3)
- Intergroup Anxiety Scale (IAS)(Baseline and Month 3)
研究者
Li Fang
Principal Investigator
Huzhou University