Effects of Multi-strategy Evidence-based Education Training Programs on Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Behavior Towards Surgical Smoke Hazards Among Operating Room Nurses

NCT ID: NCT07045376

Last Updated: 2025-07-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 112 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-09
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-31

Brief Summary

This study aims to: 1) develop an evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program on surgical smoke, and 2) investigate the effectiveness of the "evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program" on operating room nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors concerning the hazards of surgical smoke.

The research questions of this study are as follows:

What are the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors regarding surgical smoke hazards among operating room nurses?

What is the effect of an "evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program" on operating room nurses' knowledge of surgical smoke hazards?

What is the effect of an "evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program" on operating room nurses' attitudes toward surgical smoke hazards?

What is the effect of an "evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program" on operating room nurses' preventive behaviors regarding surgical smoke hazards? The experimental group received the "evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program on surgical smoke," while the control group received the conventional training on surgical smoke. Measurements were taken three times: a pretest, a post-test one week after the course, and a follow-up test four weeks later. The research tools included a self-designed questionnaire that included scales on knowledge, attitudes toward surgical smoke, and self-protective behaviors.

Detailed Description

To avoid cross-contamination during the research process, participants in the experimental and control groups were recruited from different hospitals. After obtaining approval from administrative supervisors at a regional hospital and a medical center in southern Taiwan, the researcher explained the study purpose and procedures to interested nurses and obtained their informed consent in writing.

1. If you work at Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, you will be assigned to the experimental group and will receive a four-week multi-strategy evidence-based educational training program on surgical smoke.

2. If you work at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, you will be assigned to the control group and will receive a four-week standard in-service training on surgical smoke provided by the hospital.

Conditions

Electrocautery Smoke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

develop an evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program on surgical smoke

Based on evidence from the literature, the content of the evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program includes:

Providing a surgical smoke protection handbook and displaying environmental education posters.

Using an official LINE account to disseminate knowledge about surgical smoke, protective techniques, and related information.

Organizing a hands-on workshop on surgical smoke hazard prevention, allowing participants to practice operating smoke evacuation equipment.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program on surgical smoke

Intervention Type: OTHER

Based on evidence from the literature, the content of the evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program includes:

Providing a surgical smoke protection handbook and displaying environmental education posters.

Using an official LINE account to disseminate knowledge about surgical smoke, protective techniques, and related information.

Organizing a hands-on workshop on surgical smoke hazard prevention, allowing participants to practice operating smoke evacuation equipment.

Interventions

evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program on surgical smoke

Based on evidence from the literature, the content of the evidence-based multi-strategy educational training program includes:

Providing a surgical smoke protection handbook and displaying environmental education posters.

Using an official LINE account to disseminate knowledge about surgical smoke, protective techniques, and related information.

Organizing a hands-on workshop on surgical smoke hazard prevention, allowing participants to practice operating smoke evacuation equipment.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Operating room nurses who have been formally employed for more than three months.

2. Willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.

3. Possess a mobile phone or computer with internet access. -

Exclusion Criteria

• Operating room nurses who are in training, internship, part-time student positions, or currently on parental leave.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

CHIU-MIN KUO

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Chiayi City, Puzi City, Taiwan

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Taiwan

Central Contacts

chiu min kuo CHIU-MIN KUO

Role: CONTACT

w101013@mail.cgust.edu.tw

+886952964550 ext. +886-53621000

Facility Contacts

kuo chiumin Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical Founda

Role: primary

iscchiayi@cgmh.org.tw

+886-5-362-1000 ext. 2520

Other Identifiers

202401687B0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id