Clinical trial NCT06903533: The Effect of Puzzle Activity on Nursing Students' Willingness to Work With Older Adults and Gerontological Nursing Competence
Official title: The Effect of Puzzle Activity on Nursing Students' Willingness to Work With Older Adults and Gerontological Nursing Competence
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Puzzle Activity
Keywords: Puzzle Activity, Nursing Students, Nursing
Lead sponsor: Gazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-30
Enrollment: 86
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Parallel Assignment
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The study will be conducted using a parallel-group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of a puzzle activity on nursing students' willingness to work with older adults and their competence in gerontological nursing. The study population will consist of second-year students (N=243) enrolled in the Faculty of Nursing at a university. The sample of the study will include at least 86 nursing students, with 43 students in the puzzle group and 43 students in the control group. The research will be carried out between March 2025 and June 2025. In this study, data will be collected using the "Descriptive Information Form," the "Willingness to Work with Older People Scale," and the "Gerontological Nursing Competence Scale."

Detailed description: The study will be conducted using a parallel-group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of a puzzle activity on nursing students' willingness to work with older adults and their gerontological nursing competence. The study group will consist of second-year students (N=243) enrolled in the Faculty of Nursing at a university. The G\*Power program was used to calculate the sample size. In the reference study (Kaynak, S., Ergün, S., \& Karadaş, A. (2023). The effect of crossword puzzle activity used in distance education on nursing students' problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills: A comparative study. Nurse Education in Practice, 69, 103618), it was determined that at least 86 students (43+43) were needed, with α = 0.05, 80% power, and an effect size of 0.615.

After assigning the students to the intervention and control groups, a puzzle activity will be conducted with the intervention group following a lecture. In preparing the puzzles, the researchers will use free online puzzle-making tools (e.g., https://crosswordlabs.com/). The puzzles will include questions related to basic knowledge and concepts concerning gerontological nursing competence. During the puzzle-solving process, the researcher will be present in the classroom and provide guidance to students when needed. After students complete the puzzles, the researcher will project the puzzle on the presentation screen and evaluate the answers through interactive discussion with the students. Upon completion of each puzzle, the researcher will collect the puzzles from the students to prevent contamination between the intervention and control groups. A post-test will be administered to students at the end of the puzzle activity.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* • Being a second-year nursing student

  * Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Not taking the Geriatric Health Nursing course

* Having difficulty in understanding and speaking Turkish
* Incomplete or incorrectly answered data collection tools
* Willingness to withdraw from the study voluntarily

Primary outcomes:
measure: Willingness to Work with Older People Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Willingness to Work with Older People Scale
timeFrame: At the end of the third week,
measure: Gerontological Nursing Competence Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Gerontological Nursing Competence Scale
timeFrame: At the end of the third week,
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Gazi University
Study officials:
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