Improving the Application Skill of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test

NCT ID: NCT06584968

Last Updated: 2024-10-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-09-10
• Study Completion Date: 2024-10-15

Brief Summary

The Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test is one of the most widely used and objective clinical tests for assessing the sense of touch. Some guides include standard instructions for the application of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test. With monofilaments applied correctly by the instructions, patients' threshold values can be determined accurately. However, there are disagreements about the accuracy of the pressure applied by the therapist who applies the monofilament to the patient. The investigators aimed to compare the application of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test to undergraduate students of the occupational therapy department by teaching it using classical methods and visual feedback.

Conditions

Training; Students

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Training with visual feedback

The students in the study group will do monofilament applications on a precision scale. They will be provided with visual feedback by comparing the value of the monofilament with the pressure value of the monofilament applied on the precision scale in grams. In this way, the students will visually experience whether they can provide the appropriate level of pressure during the application. The practice on the precision scale will continue for 15-20 minutes with the monofilaments in the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test kit.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

training with visual feedback

Intervention Type: OTHER

Training with visual feedback by comparing the value of the monofilament with the pressure value of the monofilament applied on the precision scale in grams.

Classical learning

The students in the control group will do practical applications with the classical learning method, where one of the researchers plays the patient role. They will do application trials with the monofilaments in the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test kit for 15-20 minutes.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

classical learning

Intervention Type: OTHER

Study of the test with practical applications on the researcher who plays the role of the patient

Interventions

training with visual feedback

Training with visual feedback by comparing the value of the monofilament with the pressure value of the monofilament applied on the precision scale in grams.

Intervention Type: OTHER

classical learning

Study of the test with practical applications on the researcher who plays the role of the patient

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being third or fourth-year undergraduate students of the Occupational Therapy Department
• Completing the Hand Rehabilitation course
• Being a volunteer to participate in the study

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Çankırı Karatekin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ozge Buket Arslan

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hacettepe University

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

SWMTeaching

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id