A Pragmatic Feasibility Trial to Promote Student Perspective-Taking on Client Physical Activity: A Collaborative Project

NCT ID: NCT06123507

Last Updated: 2023-11-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 163 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-02-19
• Study Completion Date: 2019-12-20

Brief Summary

This mixed-methods parallel two-arm trial assessed the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of a theoretically-informed intervention designed to improve perspective-taking skills in preparation for a future definitive randomized control trial. Using a 1:1 allocation ratio, student participants (N = 163) in Respiratory, Physical, and Occupational Therapy; Nurse Practitioner; and Kinesiology programs at a Canadian university were randomly assigned to full or partial intervention conditions. Full intervention participants completed an online workshop on perspective-taking and practiced perspective-taking prior to an in-lab 10-minute dialogue with a trained client-actor (masked to condition) about the actor's physical inactivity. Partial intervention participants received the workshop after the dialogue, and were instructed to be aware and mindful of the approach that they took to seek understanding. To be considered feasible, outcomes needed to meet or surpass our criteria (e.g., within-course recruitment: 85-95% of a course when embedded within a course, 5-10% when not embedded). Feasibility and appropriateness were assessed by comparing recruitment rates, protocol, and psychometric outcomes to criteria. Acceptability was assessed by analyzing exit interviews. Recruitment rates, protocol, and psychometric outcomes largely met criteria, and the study was acceptable.

Conditions

Communication

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Full educational intervention condition

The Full intervention condition included a perspective-taking workshop plus independent practice and video-feedback

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Student practitioner perspective-taking intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This intervention compares the outcomes where some learn about and practice perspective-taking and others do not. All participants received at least a partial intervention through getting video-feedback on their dialogue with a client actor.

Partial intervention condition

The Partial intervention condition involved video-feedback alone. In this condition, participants were provided with a link to the perspective-taking workshop after the study was complete.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Student practitioner perspective-taking intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This intervention compares the outcomes where some learn about and practice perspective-taking and others do not. All participants received at least a partial intervention through getting video-feedback on their dialogue with a client actor.

Interventions

Student practitioner perspective-taking intervention

This intervention compares the outcomes where some learn about and practice perspective-taking and others do not. All participants received at least a partial intervention through getting video-feedback on their dialogue with a client actor.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be a student at the University of Manitoba
• Must have completed course content on behaviour change communication

Exclusion Criteria

• Full intervention participants were excluded from descriptive statistics calculations if they partially completed the workshop or did not complete all phases due to client-actor availability
• Data from participating in additional study sessions were excluded

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Manitoba

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Shaelyn Strachan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Manitoba

Locations

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Countries

Canada

References

Hoplock LB, Lobchuk MM, Strachan SM, Halas G, Olfert C, Webber S, Parsons JL. A randomized pragmatic feasibility trial to promote student perspective-taking on client physical activity level: a collaborative project. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2024 Sep 28;10(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s40814-024-01547-8.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 39342378 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

48798

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

322464

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

E2018:008

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id