Effect of 'Empathy Dress' and Exercise on Midwifery Students' Discomfort, Empathy and Compassionate Love Levels

NCT ID: NCT05731921

Last Updated: 2024-04-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

57 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-15

Study Completion Date

2024-02-01

Brief Summary

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To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises, every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Detailed Description

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Midwifery education consists of two parts, theoretical and clinical, which complement each other. Educators in the field of midwifery should strengthen students' skills before going to the clinic by following innovative training techniques. In this context, it is recommended that the simulation supported midwifery education model be used, disseminated and included in the curriculum of midwifery departments, as it contributes to students.To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student (31 experimental, 31 control) are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions (two months) of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises (stairs going up and down, sitting up, putting on trousers, tying shoes, etc.), every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. The expected result of the study is to determine whether the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' is an effective intervention in increasing the empathy and compassionate love levels in midwifery students. In addition, the effect of the 'Empathy Dress' and exercise program on the physical discomfort levels of midwifery students is investigated. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Conditions

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Empathy Discomfort Love

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A randomized controlled trial with pretest-posttest control group
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental group

The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The experimental group will be given an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions (two months) of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises (stairs going up and down, sitting up, putting on trousers, tying shoes, etc.), every week and 20 minutes per week, by the researchers.

Control group

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'

The experimental group will be given an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions (two months) of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises (stairs going up and down, sitting up, putting on trousers, tying shoes, etc.), every week and 20 minutes per week, by the researchers.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Volunteering to participate in the study
* Absence of a defined psychiatric disorder
* There is no problem that prevents communication

Exclusion Criteria

* Those who have movement system problems that prevent them from exercising with increasing weights by adapting to their pregnancy weeks,
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Amasya University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emine Akca

Assist. Prof. Dr. in the Amasya University Midwifery Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Emine İbici Akça, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Amasya University

Locations

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Amasya University

Amasya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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Amasya Univ

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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