THE EFFECT OF CREATIVE DRAMA ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANXIETY, EMPATHY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN NURSING EDUCATION

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This work; The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education program, which was created with the creative drama method based on Travelbee's human-to-human relationship theory, on the teaching and practice of mental health and psychiatric nursing course, on reducing the anxiety of students and improving their empathy and communication skills.

Detailed Description
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In psychiatric nursing education; It is known that classical education methods are not sufficient to reduce students' anxiety and stigma, and to strengthen communication and empathy. For this reason, there is a need for training methods that will increase in-depth learning and communication skills and empathy in the field. In this research, the creative drama education method was arranged in accordance with the requirements of mental health and psychiatric nursing education and a training program was developed. Within the scope of the research, this training program was applied to the students who completed the theoretical education of psychiatric nursing. In order to measure the effectiveness of the research training program, it was planned in a quantitative design as a randomized controlled intervention study and in a mixed method in qualitative design in order to examine students' views on the method.

Official Title
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In Psychiatric Nursing Education; The Effect of Creative Drama Method Based on Travelbee's Human to Human Relationship Theory on Developing Anxiety, Empathy and Communication Skills

Conditions
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Psychiatric Nursing

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: creative drama


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Being residing in the city center of Ankara Volunteering to participate in the research, Being a 4th year nursing student and having completed the Mental Health and Diseases Nursing course, Lack of clinical experience in communicating with individuals with mental illness (Health Vocational High School graduate), Not having received training in communicating with individuals with mental illness before (students repeating a grade). Not having been diagnosed with any mental illness No mental illness in first degree relatives Exclusion Criteria: Living outside the city center of Ankara To fill in the research data collection forms incompletely, Not completing the creative drama education based on human-human relationship theory, Refusal to participate in the research Not meeting the criteria for inclusion in the research

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 24 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: it was planned in a quantitative design as a randomized controlled intervention study and in a mixed method in qualitative design in order to examine students' views on the method.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Experimental group<br>It is a closed group in which the training program is implemented. | Behavioral: creative drama<br>* In the training program, a total of six games were played about the experiences of psychiatric patients. The program was designed to be two game per week for four weeks.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control Group<br>No training program was applied to this group. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Numerical Rating Scale(NRS) | It was applied to the experimental and control groups to quantitatively measure the effectiveness of the training program. | Eight weeks | 
| Qualitative method, (focus group interview) | It was applied to evaluate the opinions and suggestions of the experimental group about the education program. | one weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Empathic Skill Scale - B | It was used to determine the level of empathic skills of the students at the end of the training program. | Eight weeks | 
| Communication Skills Assessment Scale | It was used to determine the level of communication skills of the students at the end of the education program. | Eight weeks | 
| State and Trait Anxiety Scale | It was used to determine the level of anxiety experienced by the students at the end of the education program. | Eight weeks | 
| semi-structured questionnaire | It was applied to evaluate the opinions and suggestions of the experimental group about the education program | one weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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psychiatric nursing ,creative drama, empathy, Anxiety