The Effect of Privacy Education on Nursing Students' Privacy Consciousness and Attitudes Towards Patient Privacy
Condition: Education
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This study was conducted in a pre-test-post-test, factorial group randomized controlled
      experimental design to determine the effect of privacy education on nursing students' privacy
      consciousness and attitudes towards patient privacy. The universe of the study consisted of
      the third-grade students (n = 239) registered in Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences
      Nursing Department in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic Year. All students (n =
      239) were evaluated according to the exclusion criteria from the study. The students who met
      the inclusion criteria (n = 116) were informed about the research. A pre-test was applied to
      the students (n = 116) who volunteered to participate in the study. According to gender, 116
      students were randomly assigned to the control group (n = 38), study group I (n = 40), and
      study group II (n = 38) by a statistician by computer technique. Data were collected November
      2020 and February 2021 using the Informative Features Form, the Privacy Consciousness Scale,
      The Patient Privacy Scale, and Students' Views on Education Form.
    

Detailed description: 
      Implementation All students participated to the theoretical classes of the privacy
      education.Theoretical lessons consisted of 2 sessions of 40 minutes each. Privacy Concept and
      Patient Privacy Specific to Nursing Profession in the first session; In the second session,
      Ethical Problem Clusters Regarding Patient Privacy in Nursing Practices and Ethical Analysis
      of Measures to be Taken were explained. In the theoretical sessions, Microsoft PowerPoint
      presentation, lecture and question-answer methods were used. Then study group I and study
      group II are divided into four groups. The groups, under the consultancy of the researcher,
      separately wrote cases involving ethical problems related to physical, informational,
      decisional, and relational privacy. Both groups made the ethical analysis of these cases into
      a presentation. The study group I prepared digital storytelling for each case as I extra. The
      counseling given to the study groups consisted of 2 sessions of 2 hours each. Then, each
      study groups presented their cases and case studies to their group friends. The study group I
      shared their digital stories in addition to the case study. Two sessions of 60 minutes each
      were held for each study group. Two groups made their presentations at each session.
      Question-answer and discussion methods were used.
    

Intervention name(s): Four sessions of practical privacy education
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): Two sessions of theoretical, four sessions of practical privacy education
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: privacy education; nursing students; privacy consciousness; patient privacy attitudes