Clinical trial NCT05491629: Competencies of Operating Room Nurses and Influencing Factors
Official title: Perceptıons Of The Surgıcal Team Regardıng The Competencıes Of The Operatıng Room Nurse And Factors Affectıng The Competence
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Competence
Nurse's Role
Keywords: Operating room nursing, competence, competency
Lead sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Akdeniz University
First posted: 2022-08-08
Enrollment: 224
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The universe of the research consists of the hospitals located in the city centers of Burdur, Isparta and Antalya in the Western Mediterranean Region. The sample consists of surgical team members working in the operating rooms of 17 hospitals, two of which are university, one is research practice, four are state and ten are private.

Brief summary: Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the perceived competence of operating room nurses and the opinions of the surgical team, regarding the competence of nurses and the influencing factors with a deep understanding.

Method: This convergent parallel mixed-methods study was carried out with members of the surgical team working in 17 hospitals including three public, two university, one city, one education and research, and ten private ones located in city center of Burdur, Isparta and Antalya provinces. The data were collected between May 1th, 2020 and August 20th, 2020 using Quantitative and Qualitative Personal Information Forms, Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale (PPCS-R) and semi-structured interview form. The quantitative data were assessed using the SPSS 24.0 package program, and the qualitative data were assessed using content analysis and thematic analysis. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed independently, and interpreted based on analytical generalization in the discussion section.

Detailed description: Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the perceived competence of operating room nurses and the opinions of the surgical team, regarding the competence of nurses and the influencing factors with a deep understanding.

Method: This convergent parallel mixed-methods study was carried out with members of the surgical team working in 17 hospitals including three public, two university, one city, one education and research, and ten private ones located in city center of Burdur, Isparta and Antalya provinces. The sample of the quantitative dimension of the study consisted of 224 operating room nurses working in authorized institutions, and the qualitative dimension consisted of 54 team members including 21 operating room nurses, 21 surgeons, 3 anesthesiologists, and 9 technicians/operators. The data were collected between May 1th, 2020 and August 20th, 2020 using Quantitative and Qualitative Personal Information Forms, Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale (PPCS-R) and semi-structured interview form. The quantitative data were assessed using the SPSS 24.0 package program, and the qualitative data were assessed using content analysis and thematic analysis. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, ANOVA, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests. Qualitative data were assessed through descriptive content analysis. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed independently, and interpreted based on analytical generalization in the discussion section.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Quantitative At least six months of operating room experience nurses Qualitative At least six months of operating room experience surgical team members

Exclusion Criteria:

Willingness to withdraw from the study at any time

Primary outcomes:
measure: competence Factors affecting the competence of operating room nurses
timeFrame: 6 week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: factors
timeFrame: 6 week
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Muratpaşa
country: Turkey
facility: Fatma Cebeci
Study officials:
affiliation: Akdeniz University
name: Ayşe Uçak-lecturer
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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