Mobile Application Effectiveness in Pressure Injury Care
Condition: Knowledge; Satisfaction
MeSH terms: Crush Injuries
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The research was designed in a randomized controlled experimental type in order to determine
      the effect of mobile application on students' knowledge levels and satisfaction levels about
      the prevention, treatment and care of pressure injuries. The population of the study
      conducted in the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year consisted of students enrolled
      in the Basic Principles and Practices in Nursing course at a foundation university in
      Istanbul between March and June 2021 (N=78). The sample size was calculated with G power
      3.1.9.4, based on similar studies, and it was calculated that at least 28 people should be
      included in each group, with the pre-acceptance of α error being 5%, research power (power)
      80%, and an effect value of 0.77.

      Research data were collected using the "Structured Description Form", "Modified Pieper
      Pressure Wound Knowledge Test" and "Satisfaction Scale".
    

Detailed description: 
      The research was designed in a randomized controlled experimental type in order to determine
      the effect of mobile application on students' knowledge levels and satisfaction levels about
      the prevention, treatment and care of pressure injuries.

      Research Hypotheses Hypothesis 1 (H1) The knowledge level of nursing students using mobile
      applications in teaching the care and treatment of pressure injuries is higher than the
      students receiving education with the classical method.

      Hypothesis 2 (H2) Nursing students who receive education using mobile applications in
      teaching the care and treatment of pressure injuries have higher education satisfaction
      levels than students who receive education with the classical method.

      Universe and Sample The population of the study conducted in the fall semester of the
      2020-2021 academic year consisted of students enrolled in the Basic Principles and Practices
      in Nursing course at a foundation university in Istanbul between March and June 2021 (N=78).
      Power analysis (NCSS-PASS Statistical package) was performed to determine the number of
      students who would form the research sample. The sample size was calculated with G power
      3.1.9.4, based on similar studies, and it was calculated that at least 28 people should be
      included in each group, with the pre-acceptance of α error being 5%, research power (power)
      80%, and an effect value of 0.77. In this direction, 58 students who met the study criteria
      formed the sample of the study. In the randomization of the study, students were assigned to
      the experimental (n=29) and control (n=29) groups according to their numbers in the class
      list using the www.random.org program. Research data were collected using the "Structured
      Description Form", "Modified Pieper Pressure Wound Knowledge Test" and "Satisfaction Scale".
    

Intervention name(s): Control; Mobile application group (Experimental Group)
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): "Prevention, Care and Treatment of Pressure Injury" was explained by 1 researcher who is responsible for the Nursing Fundamentals course, using written educational material prepared in line with the literature.; A mobile application program was installed on the phones of the experimental group students for their benefit. "Prevention, Care and Treatment of Pressure Injury" was explained by 1 researcher who is responsible for the Nursing Fundamentals course, using a mobile application program prepared in line with the literature.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: knowledge; Satisfaction; pressure injury