Clinical trial NCT06970197: The Effect of Simulation and Out-of-Class Educational Activities on Sustainability Among Nursing Students
Official title: Effect of Simulation and Out-of-Class Educational Activities Intervention on Sustainability in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sustainability
Randomized Controlled Trial
Public Health Nursing
Keywords: nursing
sustainability
simulation
out-of-class education
Lead sponsor: Selcuk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-14
Enrollment: 72
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This research is a parallel group pre-test-post-test randomized controlled experimental design.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This research will be conducted to evaluate the effects of simulation and out-of-class education activities intervention given to students using the Ecological Planet Health Model on environmental literacy, sustainability knowledge, sustainability attitudes in nursing and sustainable consumption behaviors of nursing students. The research will be conducted at Selçuk University Faculty of Nursing and Selçuk University Selçuk Pharmacy Simulation Unit located in Konya province. The study group consists of second-year students (n=204) studying and attending courses at Selçuk University Faculty of Nursing in the Spring Semester of 2024-2025 Academic Year. The sample size was determined as a total of 72 students.

Detailed description: There are two intervention groups in this study (Intervention 1: Simulation Group, Intervention 2: Out-of-Class Education Activities Group). The intervention groups were jointly provided with climate change and sustainability theoretical training in the same classroom for seven weeks. A follow-up test was conducted in the eighth week, and then, according to the randomized assignment determined at the beginning of the study, the intervention 1 group (24 students) will participate in simulation practices for three weeks, while the intervention 2 group (24 students) will participate in out-of-class education activities for three weeks.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being a second year undergraduate nursing student

Exclusion Criteria:

* Working in any health institution or organization,
* Being a member of any environmental institution or organization,
* Being a foreign student

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sustainability awareness scale knowledge dimension
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Sustainability attitudes in nursing survey
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Sustainable consumption behavior scale
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Environmental literacy scale
timeFrame: 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Selcuk University
state: Selçuklu
Study officials:
References:
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