Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy and Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome

The Effects of Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy Students: Exercise Program for Patients With Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome

A service-learning programme in physiotherapy students will be performed. 30 physiotherapy students will be randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=16) or to a control group (n=16). Intervention group will perform a service-learning program with real patients with heart transplantation, and will have to perform a physical therapy program adapted to a real patient. Two meetings will be performed in order to establish groups, explain the project and search information based on evidence in scientific databases. In addition, three meetings with patients will be stated in order to establish the adapted program based on the real patient's needs and characteristics. The control group will have to perform a physiotherapy program without meeting real patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Heart Transplantation
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Service-learning program

Detailed Description

This study aims at determining the effect of a Service-Learning program on knowledge, ethical sensitivity and acquired transversal competences. On the other hand, we aim at evaluating the service performed, the skills acquired, the participation, the degree of participatory evaluation and the level of satisfaction of the intervention group. All variables will be measured with validated scales or questionnaires.

Both groups will have to describe the specific characteristics of the program, different phases of the process, types of exercises recommended, contraindications, safety ranges with respect to the intensity of the exercise, ways of calculating the intensity and self-control. Likewise, they will have to defend the usefulness and duration of the final product through an oral presentation of the program to the patients themselves. Finally, the possible doubts that should exist will be solved.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Valencia, Spain, 46010
    • University of Valencia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physiotherapy students

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior courses on cardiac rehabilitation

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Service-learning group; Intervention group will perform a service-learning program with real patients with heart transplantation and coronary syndrome, and will have to perform a physical therapy program adapted to a real patient. Two meetings will be performed in order to establish groups, explain the project and search information based on evidence in scientific databases. In addition, three meetings with patients will be stated in order to establish the adapted program based on the real patient's needs and characteristics.	Other: Service-learning program; Intervention group will perform a service-learning program with real patients with heart transplantation, and will have to perform a physical therapy program adapted to a real patient. Two meetings will be performed in order to establish groups, explain the project and search information based on evidence in scientific databases. In addition, three meetings with patients will be stated in order to establish the adapted program based on the real patient's needs and characteristics.
No Intervention: Control group; Control group will perform a physical therapy program for heart transplantation and coronary syndrome, but without meeting real patients. One meeting will be performed in order to establish groups and search information based on evidence in scientific databases.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ethical sensitivity	Ethical sensitivity Questionnaire, composed of of 9 items with six possible responses (Likert scale from 1, indicating total disagreement, to 6, indicating total agreement). The minimum score is 9 and the maximum score is 54. The more score, the more ethical sensitivity. Cronbach's alpha=0.76	baseline
Ethical sensitivity	Ethical sensitivity Questionnaire, composed of of 9 items with six possible responses (Likert scale from 1, indicating total disagreement, to 6, indicating total agreement). The minimum score is 9 and the maximum score is 54. The more score, the more ethical sensitivity. Cronbach's alpha=0.76	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Service performed (by the students of the experimental group)	Service-learning Questionnaire, using the part of the questionnaire about service	3 months
Skills acquired (by the students of the experimental group)	Service-learning Questionnaire, using the part of the questionnaire about skills	3 months
Participation (of the students of the experimental group)	Service-learning Questionnaire,using the part of the questionnaire about participation	3 months
Degree of participatory evaluation (of the students of the experimental group)	Questionnaire of Participatory evaluation, Service-learning and university	3 months
Level of satisfaction (of the students of the experimental group)	ad-hoc satisfaction questionnaire	3 months
Knowledge on physiotherapy in heart transplantation	A 10-question test exam will be created ad-hoc	baseline
Knowledge on physiotherapy in heart transplantation	A 10-question test exam will be created ad-hoc	3 months
Acquired transversal competences	Questionnaire of Higher education, transversal skills and gender, consisted of 6 items about gender and competencies (Likert scale of 7 points: level 4 was set as neutral, scores above 4 were considered positive, and those below 4 were taken as negative scores)	baseline
Acquired transversal competences	Questionnaire of Higher education, transversal skills and gender, consisted of 6 items about gender and competencies (Likert scale of 7 points: level 4 was set as neutral, scores above 4 were considered positive, and those below 4 were taken as negative scores)	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Valencia
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Elena Marques-Sule, PT, PhD, University of Valencia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): July 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 6, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 20, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 16, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Myocardial Ischemia; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Other Study ID Numbers: H1542195894247

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No