The Study on the Attitude and Empathy of Nursing Students Towards the Elderly

June 7, 2021 updated by: Chia Jung Hsieh, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

To Investigate the Effect of Situational Simulation Teaching Intervention on Nursing Students' Attitude and Empathy Towards the Elderly

The effect of situational simulation teaching intervention on the attitude and empathy of nursing students towards the elderly can be divided into two stages. The first stage is a cross-sectional study on the aging knowledge, attitude and empathy of nursing students. The second stage was the change of nursing students' attitude and empathy towards the elderly after the intervention of situational simulation teaching. The intervention measures included communication theory and skills, aging trend and knowledge, teaching plans for elderly nursing, activities for the elderly and visual experience, application and debriefing of empathy. This study collected and analyzed the data of aging knowledge, attitude and empathy towards the elderly at the end of the term and one month later, in order to explore the changes of attitude and empathy towards the elderly of nursing students after the intervention of situational simulation teaching.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Taiwan has entered an aging society and will enter a super aging society in 2026. With the increase of chronic diseases and aging of the elderly, they are gradually weakened. When they are unable to take care of themselves in the future, the demand for institutional care is increasing, and the future labor force is gradually decreasing. The training of care manpower is facing a test. The purpose of this study is to explore the aging knowledge, attitude towards the elderly and empathy of nursing students, and then to explore the change of students' aging knowledge, attitude towards the elderly and empathy after the intervention of simulated situational teaching course, and to explore the change of their willingness to join the elderly career in the future.

In the first stage, a cross-sectional study was conducted to extract 139 nursing science students from an Eastern college. In order to explore the aging knowledge, attitude and empathy towards the elderly, and future career involvement willingness of nursing students, Pearson product difference correlation analysis and Spearman grade correlation coefficient analysis were used to predict the relationship between variables, and multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the data. In the second stage of the study, the subjects were the same as those in the first stage. The experimental group and the control group were randomly assigned by drawing lots, with at least 51 participants. At the beginning, the end and one month after the course, we explored the change of students' ability to take care of the elderly and their willingness to devote to the elderly related career in the future. For inferential analysis, independent sample t-test and chi square test were used to analyze whether there were statistically significant differences in basic information, aging knowledge and attitude towards the elderly between the intervention group and the control group, and then generalized estimating equation (GEE) was used to check the effectiveness of situational simulation course after controlling relevant interference factors. It is expected that nursing students can experience the inconvenience of daily life of the elderly in the way of situational simulation, use empathy skills, carry out role play of teaching plan, and simulate the care behavior and empathy of the elderly in the clinical situation, so as to improve their willingness to choose jobs related to the elderly after graduation.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

142

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
    • Sanxing Township
      • Yilan, Sanxing Township, Taiwan, 266
        • St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sophomores of Nursing College

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students with nursing practice experience

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: situational simulation teaching
Clinical case role play and empathy skill practice
Behavioral: Situational simulation teaching
The intervention included communication theory and skills, aging trend and knowledge, teaching plans for elderly nursing, activities for the elderly and visual experience, application and debriefing of empathy.
No Intervention: Clinical Case (Problem Based Learning)
Clinical Case discuss (Problem Based Learning)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Aging knowledge
Time Frame: baseline, pre-intervention(T0)
The Aging Knowledge Questionnaire contains 16 true or false questions, and each correct answer gets one point. The higher the score, the better the knowledge of aging. There is no subscale. The score of range from 0-16.
baseline, pre-intervention(T0)
The Aging knowledge
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 4 months(T1)
The Aging Knowledge Questionnaire contains 16 true or false questions, and each correct answer gets one point. The higher the score, the better the knowledge of aging. There is no subscale. The score of range from 0-16.
through study completion, an average of 4 months(T1)
The Aging knowledge
Time Frame: One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)
The Aging Knowledge Questionnaire contains 16 true or false questions, and each correct answer gets one point. The higher the score, the better the knowledge of aging. There is no subscale. The score of range from 0-16.
One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)
Old People Scale
Time Frame: baseline, pre-intervention(T0)
There are 11 questions in the scale of attitude towards the elderly. The higher the score of Likerts Scale 1-7, the more negative the attitude towards the elderly. The score of range from 1-49.
baseline, pre-intervention(T0)
Old People Scale
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 4 months(T1)
There are 11 questions in the scale of attitude towards the elderly. The higher the score of Likerts Scale 1-7, the more negative the attitude towards the elderly.The score of range from 1-49.
through study completion, an average of 4 months(T1)
Old People Scale
Time Frame: One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)
There are 11 questions in the scale of attitude towards the elderly. The higher the score of Likerts Scale 1-7, the more negative the attitude towards the elderly.The score of range from 1-49.
One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)
Chinese Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy
Time Frame: baseline, pre-intervention(T0)
There are 20 questions in the empathy scale consists of three sub-scales.The higher the score of Likerts Scale 1-7, the better the empathy. The score of range from 1-140.
baseline, pre-intervention(T0)
Chinese Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 4 months(T1)
There are 20 questions in the empathy scale consists of three sub-scales.The higher the score of Likerts Scale 1-7, the better the empathy.The score of range from 1-140.
through study completion, an average of 4 months(T1)
Chinese Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy
Time Frame: One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)
There are 20 questions in the empathy scale consists of three sub-scales.The higher the score of Likerts Scale 1-7, the better the empathy.The score of range from 1-140.
One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Clinical Situational Empathy Scales
Time Frame: One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)
There are two teaching plans of the Clinical Situation Empathy Scale, which has 4 subs-cales and total of 32 questions. The score of the Likerts Scale is 1-4, and the higher the score, the better the demonstration of empathy.The score of range from 1-128.
One month after the completion of the intervention(T2)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Investigators

  • Study Director: Chia-Jung Hsieh, PhD, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 4, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 4, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 25, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 20, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

June 10, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 10, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2021

Last Verified

June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SMHIRB109012

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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