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NCT Number: NCT05367934

The Effect of Therapeutic Treatment on Stress and Coping Stress

Nursing students are exposed to intensive theoretical and clinical applications throughout their academic education. During this educational process, students' stress increases and their coping behaviors are affected.

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Key information

Conditions

Nurse's Role

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Zehra Bayram

Osmaniye, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

This study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to nursing students on stress levels and coping behaviors. The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks, and the patients in the control group did not receive any treatment other than their routine care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Over the age of 18, Maximum age 24 Volunteer to work, Nursing students who had not received touch therapy before were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • • Previous or current tactile therapy,
  • A therapeutic touch therapist,
  • Nursing students who did not volunteer for the study were not included in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Therapeutic Touch

Behavioral

Therapeutic Touch for stress

Primary outcomes

  1. The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress

    Time frame: Scales are filled after 3 days of application

    Perceived Stress Inventory for Nursing Students (APPS) (Annex II) Sheu et al. (2002) originally in Chinese, the scale consisted of 29 items. Chan et al. (2009), Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.89, and the sub-dimensions were 0.87-0.89. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used, including '4- Very stressful for me, 3, 2, 1, 0- Not stressful for me'.

  2. The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress Coping Behaviors

    Time frame: Scales are filled after 3 days of application

    Stress Coping Behaviors Scale for Nursing Students (SPSAS) (Annex III), Sheu et al. (2002) the scale consists of 19 items. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.76. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used: '4- I agree, 3, 2, 1, 0- I strongly disagree'.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Zehra Bayram

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Therapeutic Treatment Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Stress Coping Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Acronym: nursing

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 10, 2022
Registry last updated
Feb 7, 2024

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