Intervention to Decrease the Stigma of Nursing Students
NCT ID: NCT05413408
Last Updated: 2023-03-01
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-02-01
2023-07-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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education and contact to change participants stigma towards schizophrenia
The intervention consists of three phases, including investigative learning activity (this section will last about one week), higher-order thinking activity (this section will last about two hours), collaborative activity (this section will last about two hours). Both the intervention group and the control group will be interns in the hospital simultaneously. The study outcomes include nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intentions regarding stigma towards schizophrenia. The intervention effect will be evaluated by the researcher, comparing results between and within the two groups from baseline (T0) to immediately after first and second session intervention (T1), immediately after third session intervention (T2), and three months follow-up (T3).
Education and contact
The intervention consists of three phases, including investigative learning activity (this section will last about one week), higher-order thinking activity (this section will last about two hours), collaborative activity (this section will last about two hours). Both the intervention group and the control group will be interns in the hospital simultaneously. The study outcomes include nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intentions regarding stigma towards schizophrenia. The intervention effect will be evaluated by the researcher, comparing results between and within the two groups from baseline (T0) to immediately after first and second session intervention (T1), immediately after third session intervention (T2), and three months follow-up (T3).
The control group only has one session and will be given a book of schizophrenia knowledge, and they will be asked to finish reading it in four weeks.
Participants reading a book about schizophrenia knowledge
The control group only has one session and will be given a book of schizophrenia knowledge, and they will be asked to finish reading it in four weeks.
Education and contact
The intervention consists of three phases, including investigative learning activity (this section will last about one week), higher-order thinking activity (this section will last about two hours), collaborative activity (this section will last about two hours). Both the intervention group and the control group will be interns in the hospital simultaneously. The study outcomes include nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intentions regarding stigma towards schizophrenia. The intervention effect will be evaluated by the researcher, comparing results between and within the two groups from baseline (T0) to immediately after first and second session intervention (T1), immediately after third session intervention (T2), and three months follow-up (T3).
The control group only has one session and will be given a book of schizophrenia knowledge, and they will be asked to finish reading it in four weeks.
Interventions
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Education and contact
The intervention consists of three phases, including investigative learning activity (this section will last about one week), higher-order thinking activity (this section will last about two hours), collaborative activity (this section will last about two hours). Both the intervention group and the control group will be interns in the hospital simultaneously. The study outcomes include nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intentions regarding stigma towards schizophrenia. The intervention effect will be evaluated by the researcher, comparing results between and within the two groups from baseline (T0) to immediately after first and second session intervention (T1), immediately after third session intervention (T2), and three months follow-up (T3).
The control group only has one session and will be given a book of schizophrenia knowledge, and they will be asked to finish reading it in four weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Participants should complete all the school courses to ensure that they have similar theoretical knowledge in psychiatric nursing.
* Participants can communicate in Mandarin.
* Participants are voluntarily participating in this study.
* Participants have not participated in any other similar intervention before.
* Participants are doing a clinical practicum in Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province.
Exclusion Criteria
* Participants are lack of essential equipment to take an online interview.
* Regular personal contact with someone with schizophrenia or other mental illness (more than three times a month). Because people's prejudice may decrease when they meet and interact with people with mental illness.
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Xiang Ya Hospital of Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, China
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Yuting Zeng, Bachelor
Role: primary
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HSEARS20220127002
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