Evaluation of the Impact of the PRONEtect Education Hub vs. Classic Lecture, on the Competencies of Nursing Students

NCT ID: NCT05575869

Last Updated: 2023-11-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-27

Study Completion Date

2022-12-23

Brief Summary

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The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to compare the impact of online educational material versus a classic lecture on the confidence levels, knowledge and knowledge application of final-year nursing students.

Participants will be asked to complete a baseline self-efficacy evaluation and a baseline knowledge test which were validated by the 11-member international expert panel previously established.

After randomization, the control group will be asked to attend a classic 1-hour lecture at the nursing school about the topic of prone positioning and skin/tissue damage prevention.

The experimental group will get access to the PRONEtect educational website containing short simulation videos and other learning materials.

Three weeks later the participants will be asked to complete the self-efficacy evaluation and knowledge assessment again, additionally a knowledge application assessment.

All the questionnaires will be administered via Qualtrics.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Prone Position Pressure Ulcer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors
The lecturers at the nursing schools (x2) will have no access to the results of the surveys. A study number is assigned to the students and with the study number they enter their answers to the questionnaires

Study Groups

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Experimental group: Access to online PRONEtect educational material

A website with educational material (simulation video, protocol, checklist).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

(online) PRONEtect educational material

Intervention Type OTHER

This is a website containing educational material like short simulation videos on how to turn a patient from supine-to-prone and prone-to-supine positioning, how to protect the skin from incontinence, or before securing endotracheal-/nasogastric tubes, how to reposition the patient to prevent pressure injuries, a full protocol regarding prone positioning etc.

Control group: Classic one-hour lecture

Didactive presentation by the usual nursing school lecturer.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Classic (normal) one hour lesson/lecture

Intervention Type OTHER

As per normal, a classroom lecture given by the nursing school by one of the nursing school lecturers.

Interventions

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(online) PRONEtect educational material

This is a website containing educational material like short simulation videos on how to turn a patient from supine-to-prone and prone-to-supine positioning, how to protect the skin from incontinence, or before securing endotracheal-/nasogastric tubes, how to reposition the patient to prevent pressure injuries, a full protocol regarding prone positioning etc.

Intervention Type OTHER

Classic (normal) one hour lesson/lecture

As per normal, a classroom lecture given by the nursing school by one of the nursing school lecturers.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Final year nursing students studying towards their Bachelor in Nursing degree
* Chosen topics of critical care nursing as supplementary subject or critical care subjects as part of their course or complex wound management as part of their course.

Exclusion Criteria

Nursing students who are not yet in their final year of studies.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Ghent

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Ghent University

Ghent, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Fourie A, Ahtiala M, Black J, Campos HH, Coyer F, Gefen A, LeBlanc K, Smet S, Vollman K, Walsh Y, Karlberg-Traav M, Beeckman D. Enhancing prone positioning and skin damage prevention education: A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial comparing a digital education hub (PRONEtect) and a traditional lecture on final-year nursing participants' confidence and knowledge. J Tissue Viability. 2024 May;33(2):298-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jtv.2024.02.008. Epub 2024 Feb 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38402096 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PRONEtection #2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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