Effect of Cinematic Simulation on Emotions, Resilience, and Empathy Among Undergraduate Nursing Students

The Power of Cinematic Simulation as Action to Regulate Emotions, Leverage Resilience, and Foster Empathy Among Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Control Trial

The aim of this study is to:

Determine the effect of cinematic simulation as action to regulate emotions, leverage resilience, and foster empathy among undergraduate nursing students.

Research Hypothesis Nursing students who participated in cinematic simulation will exhibit better regulation of emotions, resilience, and empathy than those in the control group

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Power of Cinematic Simulation on Emotions, Resilience, and Empathy Among Undergraduate Nursing Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Cinematic Simulation

Detailed Description

The current study's population was the second-term "4th level" registered undergraduate nursing candidates in the year 2022/2023.

A sample of 70 randomly selected students from the psychiatric nursing rotation will be included in this study. The study subjects will be divided equally into two groups (study and a control group) matched as much as possible. The exclusion criteria include students who were not willing to participate in the study, those who complained of any mental disorders or had a previous history of any mental problems.

Assigned students will be randomly divided into two groups of intervention; study (n = 35) and control (n = 35). The control group will receive usual training based on the educational objectives of routine methods of lectures, discussion, …etc.

The study group (35 students) will be divided into 7 small groups of (5 students in each group). In addition to routine training provided for the control group, the students of the intervention group will be provided with micro learning content following the educational topics of the course in the form of short videos of cinematic films reinforcing values of resilience, empathy, and positive emotions in dealing with others.

Objectives for the cinematic simulation included the following: 1) apply the principles of positive emotions, empathetic understanding and resilience to students from diverse backgrounds; 2) analyze the care management process as it relates to assessment, goals, interventions, teaching, and outcomes in mental health nursing; and 3) Reinforcing the psychological role of the professional nurses in caring for patients with different diagnoses.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Alexandria, Egypt
    • Faculty of Nursing

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Egyptian Nursing students

Exclusion Criteria:

complained of any mental disorders or had a previous history of any mental problems.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: STUDY GROUP; The group (35 students) will be divided into 7 small groups of (5 students in each group). In addition to routine training provided for the control group, the students of the intervention group will be provided with micro learning content following the educational topics of the course in the form of short videos of cinematic films reinforcing values of resilience, empathy, and positive emotions in dealing with others. • Pre-simulation activities will also be developed that required watching a tutorial video on how to create a plan of care for such cases. Students also will be provided with background on cinematic simulation and a summary of the characters. Learners will be assigned to one of the films characters and introduced to the assessment tool they would utilize. A pre-briefing discussion on patient confidentiality, nursing role expectations, and developing a plan of care also preceded the activity.	Behavioral: Cinematic Simulation; Comprehensive videos from specific films will be selected as films fitting the needs of participants and the established objectives. The films comprehensively develops several characters enriching the values of positive emotions, resilience and empathy. The intervention film videos will be delivered on 5 sessions for each group (2 sessions per week).
No Intervention: Cintrol group; They will receive usual training based on the educational objectives of routine methods of lectures, discussion.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire:	The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item self-report scale designed to assess habitual use of two commonly used strategies to alter emotion: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Participants respond to each item using a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Cognitive reappraisal involves thinking differently about a situation in order to change its meaning in order to alter one's emotional experience.	2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale	The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is a test that measures resilience, or readiness to bounce back after a stressful event, tragedy, or trauma. It consists of 25 items, each rated on a 5-point scale (0-4), as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all the time (4). Reliability, validity, and factor analysis structure of scales were assessed and reference values for study samples were calculated. The ratings result in a number between 0-100, and higher scores indicate higher resilience. Scores are categorized as follows: < 50% for low resilience levels and ≥50% for high resilience levels.	2 weeks

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ)	The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire was constructed by (Spreng), 2009. TEQ is a 16-item (eight items are scored negatively and eight items are scored positively) on five-point Likert type scale. The scale assesses the frequency that the statements are considered true and ranges from 0 = never, 1 = rarely, 2 = sometimes, 3 = often to 4 = always)	2weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Alexandria University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 2, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 2, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 4, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 15, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 15, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 1022013

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