Clinical trial NCT05800652: Mentoring Program for Nursing Students
Official title: The Effect of the Peer Mentoring Program Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Self-confidence
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mentoring
Nursing Students
Keywords: peer mentoring
self-efficacy
self-confidence
perceived stress
nursing students
Lead sponsor: Gazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-04-05
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 17
Maximum age (years): 22
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Study has been planned as a type of randomized controlled intervention type with pre -test and monitoring patterns, one of the quantitative research methods. 40 mentees/first year students (experimental = 20; control = 20) and 20 mentors/fourth year students were included in the study. Simple random randomization was used in the appointment of the students in the sample group to experimental and control groups. Mentors were randomly matched with the mentees assigned to the experimental group.12 -week mentoring program was applied to the mentees by the mentors. In the collection of research data, "Personal Information Form", "General Self -Qualification Scale", "Self -Confidence Scale" and "Perceived Stress Scale" were used. The measurements were taken 3 times:pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: University life is a challenging period for many students. University students mostly leave their families and live in crowded environments such as home and home. Research shows that students have difficulty in adapting to university life and often experience emotional, academic, professional and economic problems. Peer mentoring is one of the methods of learning and developing life skills in meeting the needs of university students.The peer mentoring intervention, which is used effectively in nursing education, provides benefits to both mentor and menene; It provides the opportunity to grow and improve by improving positive interaction between peers.It can be said that peer mentoring has a significant effect on students in line with the literature information. In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this process.

Detailed description: In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this process. Study has been planned as a type of randomized controlled intervention type with pre -test and monitoring patterns, one of the quantitative research methods. 40 mentees (experiment = 20; control = 20) and 20 mentors were included in the study.12 -week mentoring program was applied to the mentees by the mentors. In the collection of research data, "Personal Information Form", "General Self -Qualification Scale", "Self -Confidence Scale" and "Perceived Stress Scale" were used. The measurements were taken 3 times:pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* being a foreign national
* taking first-year courses repeatedly
* be in another ongoing mentoring or psychosocial support/counselling program

Primary outcomes:
measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
measure: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
measure: Self-Confidence Scale (SCS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu
Study officials:
affiliation: Gazi University Nursing Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
name: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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