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NCT Number: NCT06712953

The Effect of Repeated Standardized Patient Use on Students' Anxiety and Learning Levels in Teaching Extremity Examination Skills

Aims: This study aimed to examine the effects of peer assessment and repeated standardized patient use on students' self-confidence and anxiety and their psychomotor skill performance in teaching extremity examination skills.

Design: This randomized controlled experimental study was carried out following the CONSORT checklist.

Methods: The study sample consisted of second-grade nursing students enrolled in the " Health Diagnosis" course in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year (n:67). The students in the peer assessment group performed the upper and lower extremity examinations once whereas those in the standardized patient group performed these examinations three times. Research data were analyzed in IBM SPSS 25.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to check whether the data were normally distributed. Parametric and nonparametric tests and descriptive statistical methods were used for data analysis. The significance levels were taken as p<0.001 and p<0.05. The scales used were analyzed with the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient; the scenarios and forms created by the researchers were evaluated with the Lawshe Technique.

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Key information

Conditions

Nursing Students Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Suleyman Demirel University

Isparta, Center, 32260, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Second-grade nursing students
  • Enrolled in the " Health Diagnosis" course at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing of a university in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year

Exclusion criteria

  • Students who actively continue their nursing profession as well as their education life

Treatment and study plan

the peer assessment group

Other

Students in the peer assessment group were paired (by randomization, on their request) to have a teammate of the same sex before the extremity examination experience. In the following process, the students were asked to perform extremity examinations in line with the specified objectives. Students in the standardized patient group were asked to perform extremity examinations per the specified objectives in standardized patient.

Primary outcomes

  1. Extremity examinations

    Time frame: First week

    The students in the standardized patient group performed extremity examinations on the same standardized patient three times, whereas the students in the peer assessment group performed this examination on their peers once

Other outcomes

  1. First measurement (Self-conficent and Anxiety)

    Time frame: First week

    The students in the standardized patient group performed extremity examinations on the same standardized patient three times, whereas the students in the peer assessment group performed this examination on their peers once.

  2. Second measurement (Self-conficent and Anxiety)

    Time frame: Third week

    The students in the standardized patient group performed extremity examinations on the same standardized patient three times, whereas the students in the peer assessment group performed this examination on their peers once

  3. Third measurement (Self-conficent and Anxiety)

    Time frame: fifth week

    The students in the standardized patient group performed extremity examinations on the same standardized patient three times, whereas the students in the peer assessment group performed this examination on their peers once

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Suleyman Demirel University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Dec 3, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 3, 2024

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