Clinical trial NCT05943639: Effect of Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education on Intercultural Adaptation and Psychological Well-Being of Foreign Nursing Students
Official title: The Effect of Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education on Intercultural Adaptation and Psychological Well-Being of Foreign Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Culture
Adaptation, Psychological
Psychological Well-being
Keywords: randomized controlled trial
foreign nursing student
psychological well-being
intercultural adaptation
cultural marginality
Lead sponsor: Mersin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-07-13
Enrollment: 66
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study was planned as a prospective, two-armed (1:1), randomized controlled experimental study. This randomized controlled trial will be reported according to the CONSORT guidelines.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: In this study, between 1 - 31 December 2022, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 66 foreign nursing students who are with 1st year foreign students starting the Nursing Department of Ondokuz Mayıs University and Mersin University.

Detailed description: The Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education program will be held in a face-to-face classroom environment for the students in the experimental group. This training program has been developed based on the concepts of Cultural Marginality Theory. The content and topics of the sessions in the program are arranged according to the conceptual structure and flow of the theory. The training program was created in a certain flow, based on the concepts of recognizing intercultural conflict (2 sessions), marginal living (2 sessions) and alleviating cultural tension (2 sessions). There are 6 sessions in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 times a week, and each session lasts approximately 45 minutes. The training program will be applied to 33 foreign nursing students in the experimental group. In the first session to the students in the experimental group and to the students in the control group after the post-tests, the training booklet, which consists of information about the educational content in the program, will be given online in pdf format in color and with pictures.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. being a first-year foreign nursing student studying at state universities in the north and south two cities of Türkiye,
2. agreeing to participate in the research
3. not having communication barrier

Exclusion Criteria:

1) having a physical or mental illness that would prevent participation in the research

The Termination Criteria:

1. withdrawing from the research voluntarily
2. not attending at least one of the sessions
3. incomplete or incorrectly answering the instruments

Primary outcomes:
measure: CROSS CULTURAL ADAPTABILITY INVENTORY (CCAI)
timeFrame: Change from before education up to after education (three weeks)
measure: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING SCALE (PWS)
timeFrame: Change from before education up to after education (three weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Çankırı
country: Turkey
facility: Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU
Study officials:
affiliation: Çankırı Karatekin University
name: Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU, Doctor
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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