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NCT Number: NCT05800652

Mentoring Program for Nursing Students

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Mentoring Nursing Students

Age range

17 year–22 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Merve Kızılırmak Tatu

Ankara, 06500, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Peer mentoring program

Behavioral

Mentoring program created in academic, social, emotional and safety dimensions.In the academic dimension, there is information about the instructors, course selection, preparing a course study program,efficient study methods,information about the education and training program. Social dimension includes interpersonal relations, participation in social life, free time activities, making friends.The emotional dimension includes developing self-confidence,coping with stress,belonging and motivation.In the security dimension, there are student rights,scholarship opportunities, accommodation opportunities, library and internet facilities, use of the health center and clinical practice. In the mentoring program, it was expected that the mentors would make individual meeting(s) with the mentee they were matched with, face to face, online or over the phone, and share information and support every week. The mentoring program continued for 12 weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)

    The scale aims to determine the general self-efficacy level of individuals. The scale has 10 items and one dimension, and has a 4-point Likert (1=completely false- 4=completely true=) structure. The score obtained from the scale is between 10-40. A high score means high general self-efficacy.

  2. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)

    The scale, which consists of a total of 14 items, was designed to measure how stressful some situations in the life of the individual are perceived. The scale is 5-point Likert type. A score between 0 and 56 is taken from the scale. A high score indicates an excess of one's perception of stress.

  3. Self-Confidence Scale (SCS)

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)

    The scale consists of 33 items and 2 subscale. The scale is arranged in a 5-point Likert style and the maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 165. A high score from the scale without reverse coded items indicates a high level of self-confidence.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gazi University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of the Peer Mentoring Program Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Self-confidence

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 5, 2023
Registry last updated
Apr 5, 2023

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