The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Exam Anxiety

NCT ID: NCT06279117

Last Updated: 2024-05-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

46 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-15

Study Completion Date

2024-05-18

Brief Summary

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Aim: This study was planned to determine the effect of therapeutic touch applied to nursing students on test anxiety.

Method: Students who met the inclusion criteria were divided into therapeutic touch and control groups using the randomization method. After the groups were determined, the students filled out the Introductory Information Form and the State Exam Anxiety Scale. 30 minutes before the exam, therapeutic touch was applied to each of the students, who were divided into groups, for 20 minutes. No application was made to the control group, and they were told to wait in the classroom where the group was waiting as they wished.Immediately after the application was completed, the scale was re-applied to both groups.

Detailed Description

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Test anxiety is a condition that has cognitive, emotional and physiological aspects and causes unwanted and disturbing emotions during the exam. It can inhibit the mental perception needed to do well on an exam, as well as the clear thinking skills and memory needed to study effectively.The person may feel anxious, worthless or disorganized, experience rapid heartbeat, headaches and stress; They may compare themselves with their peers due to test anxiety. Test anxiety can hinder educational success and negatively impact students' skill development and academic performance. Nursing education is a highly stressful process that includes theoretical and practical learning and teaching experiences. This situation further increases students' anxiety levels. Studies have found that nursing students' test anxiety is higher than other university students.I t is known that many complementary methods are used to reduce anxiety. Therapeutic touch, which is one of the energy-based practices, is one of them.

When the literature is examined, it can be seen that therapeutic touch has been studied on symptoms such as anxiety, fatigue, sleep quality, comfort and pain in different sample groups, but there is no study on test anxiety.Therefore, this study was planned to determine the effect of therapeutic touch applied to nursing students on test anxiety.

Conditions

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Test Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomised controlled clinical trial
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Therapeutic touch group

Individuals who undergo therapeutic touch will receive therapeutic touch for 20 minutes 30 minutes before the exam.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

therapeutic touch

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Individuals who undergo therapeutic touch will receive therapeutic touch for 20 minutes 30 minutes before the exam.

control group

No treatment will be performed on individuals in the control group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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therapeutic touch

Individuals who undergo therapeutic touch will receive therapeutic touch for 20 minutes 30 minutes before the exam.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* To be over 18 years of age,
* To know Turkish and to agree to participate in the research
* Being a fourth year nursing student
* Not having received any energy therapy (reiki, therapeutic touch) before

Exclusion Criteria

* Presence of existing psychiatric illness,
* Using anxiolytic and antidepressant medications
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Dokuz Eylul University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gizem Göktuna

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Gizem Göktuna

Izmir, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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2023/9/8

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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