Clinical trial NCT05731921: Effect of 'Empathy Dress' and Exercise on Midwifery Students' Discomfort, Empathy and Compassionate Love Levels
Official title: Investigation of the Effect of the Exercise Program With the 'Empathy Dress' Applied to Midwifery Students on the Levels of Physical Discomfort, Empathy and Compassionate Love: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Empathy
Discomfort
Love
Keywords: Midwifery
Student
Empathy level
Physical discomfort level
Compassionate Love level
Lead sponsor: Amasya University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-16
Enrollment: 57
Sex: FEMALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A randomized controlled trial with pretest-posttest control group
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises, every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Detailed description: Midwifery education consists of two parts, theoretical and clinical, which complement each other. Educators in the field of midwifery should strengthen students' skills before going to the clinic by following innovative training techniques. In this context, it is recommended that the simulation supported midwifery education model be used, disseminated and included in the curriculum of midwifery departments, as it contributes to students.To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student (31 experimental, 31 control) are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions (two months) of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises (stairs going up and down, sitting up, putting on trousers, tying shoes, etc.), every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. The expected result of the study is to determine whether the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' is an effective intervention in increasing the empathy and compassionate love levels in midwifery students. In addition, the effect of the 'Empathy Dress' and exercise program on the physical discomfort levels of midwifery students is investigated. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteering to participate in the study
* Absence of a defined psychiatric disorder
* There is no problem that prevents communication

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those who have movement system problems that prevent them from exercising with increasing weights by adapting to their pregnancy weeks,
* Individuals who do not meet the inclusion criteria or who do not volunteer to participate in the research despite meeting them will be excluded from the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Empathy Level
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Compassionate Love Level
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical Discomfort Level
timeFrame: 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Amasya
country: Turkey
facility: Amasya University
Study officials:
affiliation: Amasya University
name: Emine İbici Akça, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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