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NCT Number: NCT07543627

Geriatric Nursing Training Program for Nursing Students

This research will be conducted using a parallel randomized controlled trial design to investigate the effects of a nursing education program grounded in Travelbe's Human-to-Human Relationship theory on willingness to work with elderly individuals, empathy levels, and communication skills. The sample group will consist of third-year nursing students at a state university (intervention: 24; control: 24). The Willingness to Work with Elderly Individuals Scale, the Kiersma-Chen Empathy Scale, and the Communication Skills Scale will be used to collect data. The intervention group will receive a six-session nursing education program based on Travelbe's Human-to-Human Relationship theory. A repeated-measures ANOVA will be used to compare the mean scores across groups on the scales. In addition, independent-samples t-tests will be used for pre-test and post-test comparisons within groups, and Cohen's d and eta-squared will be used to estimate effect sizes. The data will be examined for normality. Parametric tests (One-sample t-test, ANOVA) will be applied to data that show normal distribution, and nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Wilcoxon test, Friedman test) will be applied to data that do not show normal distribution.

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Key information

Conditions

Nurse Training Communication Skills EMPATHY İN NURSİNG Geriatric

Age range

Up to 60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Gazi University, Faculty of Nursing

Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Being a 3rd-year nursing student,
  • Agreeing to participate in the research,
  • Having taken the Geriatric Health Nursing (elective) course

Exclusion criteria

  • Having any impediment to participation in extracurricular activities (physical/mental/psychological health problems, transportation or time constraints, etc.).

Removal criteria from the research:

  • Not attending more than 30% of the educational program,
  • Withdrawing from the research voluntarily,
  • Incomplete/non-completion of data collection instruments.

Treatment and study plan

Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Nursing Training Program

Other

The Travelbee Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Health Nursing Education Program has established objectives that nursing students can achieve upon completion, aligned with the program's content. These objectives are included in the program content.

The educational program consists of six sessions. Session 1: Initial Encounter Stage (Gamification (Taboo Game Cards) Session 2: Initial Encounter Stage (Nursing Home Visit) Session 3: Emergence of Identities Stage (Standard Patient Simulation) Session 4: Empathy Stage (Aging Simulation Suit) Session 5: Sympathy Stage (Photo-based Case Generation Activity) Session 6: Adaptation (Friendly Relationship) Stage (Role-reversal activity)

Primary outcomes

  1. Nursing students' willingness to work with elderly individuals score

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

    The minimum score on the scale is 20, and the maximum score is 120. A high average score indicates a strong desire to work with older adults.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Empathy score

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

    The minimum score on the scale is 15 and the maximum score is 105. A higher score indicates a higher level of empathy.

  2. Communication skills score

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

    The minimum score on the scale is 25, and the maximum score is 125. A higher score on the scale indicates that the individual views their communication skills positively.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gazi University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Nursing Training Program on Willingness to Work With Older Individuals, Empathy, and Communication Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Apr 22, 2026
Registry last updated
May 7, 2026

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