Clinical trial NCT06791759: The Effects of the Course on Technology Use in Nursing
Official title: The Effects of the Course on Technology Use in Nursing on Students' Self-directed Learning Readiness and Attitudes Toward Technology: A Quasi-experimental Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nursing Student
Technology
Self Directed Learning
Lead sponsor: Akdeniz University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-01-24
Enrollment: 109
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This was a quasi-experimental study employing a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The participants consisted of first-year nursing students enrolled in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year at a nursing faculty in Türkiye. Students who attended the course on the technology use in nursing were included in the intervention group. The course on the technology use in nursing is an elective course. It consisted of 2 hours per week over 14 weeks. Students in the control group attended the 'Health Assessment' course, which is based on the Functional Health Patterns Model.
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: This study aimed to examine the effect of the course on technology use in nursing on students' readiness for self-directed learning (SDLR) and attitudes toward technology. Research hypotheses are as follows:

* H1-1: The course on technology use in nursing affects nursing students' SDLR.
* H1-2: The course on technology use in nursing affects nursing students' attitudes toward technology.

Detailed description: The study has a quasi-experimental design. In the study, the intervention group participated in a 14-week course titled "Technology Use in Nursing," consisting of 2-hour weekly sessions. On the other hand, the control group attended a 14-week course titled "Health Assessment," also consisting of 2-hour sessions per week. Participants in the intervention group were given various tasks to enhance integration with technology. Students used various digital tools (such as Edpuzzle, artificial intelligence programs, mobile health applications, etc.). In the control group, participants were assigned the task of conducting interviews based on the Functional Health Patterns model in group work settings. No tasks involving digital tools were assigned to students in the control group.

Students were invited to participate in the study, and assignments to groups were made. After the group assignments, pre-tests were administered using the "Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale" and the "Attitudes Toward Technology Survey." Post-tests were collected using the same scales at the end of the courses (week 14).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Voluntary participation in the study
* Enrollment in one of the elective courses: 'Technology use in nursing' or 'health assessment'
* Taking elective courses for the first time

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal to participate in the study at any stage of the research process
* Incomplete completion of the data collection forms

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-directed Learning Readiness
timeFrame: Data were collected at two different time points in the study: first after students agreed to participate in the study (week 2 of the course), and second at the end of the course (week 14).
measure: Attitudes toward technology
timeFrame: Data were collected at two different time points in the study: first after students agreed to participate in the study (week 2 of the course), and second at the end of the course (week 14).
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Locations:
city: Antalya
country: Turkey
facility: Akdeniz University
Study officials:
affiliation: Akdeniz University
name: FATMA Dursun Ergezen, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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