Clinical trial NCT06407661: Disaster Nursing Course Affect Nursing Students' Disaster Literacy and Preparedness
Official title: How Does the Disaster Nursing Course Affect Nursing Students' Disaster Literacy and Preparedness Perceptions?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Literacy
Keywords: literacy
nursing student
Lead sponsor: Izmir Democracy University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-09
Enrollment: 62
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: The study was a one-group quasi-experimental study design in a pretest-posttest design.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study aimed to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster literacy and preparedness perceptions. The study, which was a one-group quasi-experimental study design in a pretest-posttest design. Pre-test was done on September 27, 2021, and the post-test was applied on January 7, 2022. The location of the study is a public university in Izmir which is located in western part of Türkiye. The population of the study consisted of nursing students (n: 66) studying in the nursing department of the university and enrolled in the elective course "Disaster Nursing". No sample selection was made, and the study was conducted with 62 volunteer students. Individual introduction form, Disaster Literacy Scale, and Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale were used as tools for data collection. At the beginning of the study, data collection tools were collected online form. "Disaster nursing" course was conducted for 14 weeks as an intervention. The data were stored in the SPSS 25 program.

Detailed description: This study aimed to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster literacy and preparedness perceptions. The study was a one-group quasi-experimental study design in a pretest-posttest design. Pre-test was done on September 27, 2021, and the post-test was applied on January 7, 2022. The location of the study is a public university in Izmir which is located in the western part of Türkiye. The population of the study consisted of nursing students (n: 66) studying in the nursing department of the university and enrolled in the elective course "Disaster Nursing". No sample selection was made, and the study was conducted with 62 volunteer students. Individual introduction form (13 questions), Disaster Literacy Scale (61 items), and Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale (20 items) were used as tools for data collection. At the beginning of the study, data collection tools were collected online form. "Disaster nursing" course was conducted for 14 weeks as an intervention. The descriptive statistical methods (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation), paired sample t-test, and Pearson correlation was used data analysis.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* enrollment in the disaster nursing course
* regular attendance at meetings
* voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* participants with any form of cognitive
* a mental, or physical disability that interfered with communication,
* as well as individuals with an employment history, a diploma, or a certificate in the subject of disaster

Primary outcomes:
measure: Disaster Literacy Scale (DLS)
timeFrame: 14 weeks
measure: Nurses' Perception of Disaster Preparedness Scale
timeFrame: 14 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İzmir
country: Turkey
facility: İzmir Democracy University
state: Ege Bölgesi
Study officials:
affiliation: İzmir Democracy University
name: özüm erkin, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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