Clinical trial NCT06361394: The Impacts of Mindfulness on Psychological Wellbeing Among Nursing Students
Official title: The Impacts of Mindfulness on Psychological Wellbeing and Nursing Competencies Among Nursing Students: a Longitudinal Study of Mindfulness Education Course Design, Implementation, and Effectiveness Verification
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Students
Keywords: Mindfulness
Empathy
Stress
Anxiety
Competency
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-11
Enrollment: 240
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The experimental group will enroll in the elective course named "Mindfulness and Happiness," which will consist of 2 hours every week for a continuous period of 18 weeks. The comparison group will not participate in this course.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aims of this study are to develop a mindfulness-based course for nursing students. As well as, to verify the effects on psychological well-being (mindfulness, stress, and anxiety) and nursing professional related competences (empathy, clinical practicum stress, nursing competency) among nursing students.

Detailed description: A quasi-experimental study design will be used to examine the effects of a new elective course. Convenient sampling will be used to invite nursing students at a university of science and technology in Taiwan. The data will be collected four seven times, including baseline (T0), the end of the course (T1), before and after the nursing practicum (T2, T3).

Participants who enroll in an elective course in mindfulness education constitute the experimental group, while those who do not enroll in the elective form the comparison group. The total number of participants will be 240. Participants will be excluded if they are unwilling to participate in the study or do not complete the consent form.

Intervention: The experimental group will enroll in the elective course named "Mindfulness and Happiness," which will consist of 2 hours every week for a continuous period of 18 weeks. The comparison group will not participate in this course. The elective course is designed using the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) and is based on Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction principles.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Nursing students who participated in the elective mindfulness course

Exclusion Criteria:

* under 18 years

Primary outcomes:
measure: perceived stress at baseline
timeFrame: Data were collected before course intervention
measure: perceived stress at T0
timeFrame: Data were collected end the course intervention, around 5 months after baseline data collection.
measure: perceived stress at T1
timeFrame: Data were collected before the nursing practicum, around 6 months after baseline data collection.
measure: perceived stress at T2
timeFrame: Data were collected after the nursing practicum,around 7 months after baseline data collection.
measure: anxiety disorder at baseline
timeFrame: Data were collected before course intervention
measure: anxiety disorder at T0
timeFrame: Data were collected end course intervention,around 5 months after baseline data collection.
measure: anxiety disorder at T1
timeFrame: Data were collected before the nursing practicum,around 6 months after baseline data collection.
measure: anxiety disorder at T2
timeFrame: Data were collected after the nursing practicum, around 7 months after baseline data collection.
measure: mindful attention awareness at baseline
timeFrame: Data were collected before course intervention
measure: mindful attention awareness at T0
timeFrame: Data were collected end the course intervention, around 5 months after baseline data collection.
measure: mindful attention awareness at T1
timeFrame: Data were collected before the nursing practicum,around 6 months after baseline data collection.
measure: mindful attention awareness at T2
timeFrame: Data were collected after the nursing practicum.around 7 months after baseline data collection.
measure: empathy at baseline
timeFrame: Data were collected before the course intervention
measure: empathy at at T0
timeFrame: Data were collected end the course intervention, around 5 months after baseline data collection.
measure: empathy at at T1
timeFrame: Data were collected before the nursing practicum,around 6 months after baseline data collection.
measure: empathy at at T2
timeFrame: Data were collected after the nursing practicum.around 7 months after baseline data collection.
measure: practicum stress at T1
timeFrame: Data were collected before the nursing practicum, around 6 months after baseline data collection.
measure: practicum stress at T2
timeFrame: Data were collected after the nursing practicum,around 7 months after baseline data collection.
measure: Nursing Competence at T1
timeFrame: Data were collected before the nursing practicum,around 6 months after baseline data collection.
measure: Nursing Competence at T2
timeFrame: Data were collected after the nursing practicum,around 7 months after baseline data collection.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taoyuan City
country: Taiwan
facility: Ya-Chu Hsiao
state: N/A = Not Applicable
Study officials:
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