Creative Drama in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Education

The Perceived Effect of Communication Skills Education Integrated With Creative Drama on Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Students' Empathy and Communication Skills to Develop With the Patient: A Randomized Controlled Study

Candidates who will provide the health services of the future should be ready to provide the safe and best health care services. In order to achieve this, it is recommended to use new training programs and methods that will provide similar situations to the working environment in the training of health workers. There are very few studies on the empathy and communication perceptions that creative drama education will create with the patient on physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students. Therefore, this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the perceived effect of communication skills training integrated with creative drama on physiotherapy and rehabilitation students' empathy and communication skills that will develop with the patient.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Educational Problems
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Creative Drama Education

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • İstanbul, Turkey, +90
    • Acıbadem University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being willing to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course in any of the fall or spring semesters.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Desire to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course at his own request.

  • Not wanting to participate in the study
  • Having a diagnosed psychological disorder and/or receiving psychological treatment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Screening
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
Active Comparator: Creative Drama Group	Other: Creative Drama Education; Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health Course will be given to students for 2 hours a week for 14 weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
interpersonal communication questionnaire	It is stated that the first four items are related to communication anxiety and the last four items are related to communication trust. Each item has a 5-point Likert scale between 1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree. High values indicate poor communication	Change from Baseline interpersonal communication questionnaire at 14 weeks
Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale	The score range is 20-140, with higher average scores representing higher levels of empathy.	Change from Baseline Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale at 14 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual analog scale-communication	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the communication that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.	Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks
Visual analog scale-anxiety/stress	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the anxiety/stress that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.	Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks
Visual analog scale-motivation	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the motivation that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.	Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Acibadem University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 16, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 15, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): February 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 12, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): January 26, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 16, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 15, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Education
• Other Study ID Numbers: ATADEK-2021/22/06

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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