Mentoring Program for Nursing Students

March 24, 2023 updated by: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu, Gazi University

The Effect of the Peer Mentoring Program Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Self-confidence

University life is a challenging period for many students. University students mostly leave their families and live in crowded environments such as home and home. Research shows that students have difficulty in adapting to university life and often experience emotional, academic, professional and economic problems. Peer mentoring is one of the methods of learning and developing life skills in meeting the needs of university students.The peer mentoring intervention, which is used effectively in nursing education, provides benefits to both mentor and menene; It provides the opportunity to grow and improve by improving positive interaction between peers.It can be said that peer mentoring has a significant effect on students in line with the literature information. In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this process.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this process. Study has been planned as a type of randomized controlled intervention type with pre -test and monitoring patterns, one of the quantitative research methods. 40 mentees (experiment = 20; control = 20) and 20 mentors were included in the study.12 -week mentoring program was applied to the mentees by the mentors. In the collection of research data, "Personal Information Form", "General Self -Qualification Scale", "Self -Confidence Scale" and "Perceived Stress Scale" were used. The measurements were taken 3 times:pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

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

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey, 06500
        • Merve Kızılırmak Tatu

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

17 years to 22 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • being a foreign national
  • taking first-year courses repeatedly
  • be in another ongoing mentoring or psychosocial support/counselling program

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental
Experimental: First-year nursing students (mentees) undergoing a mentoring program 20 mentees were included in the experimental group.The mentoring program focuses on developing students' life skills. The mentoring program continued for 12 weeks. In the mentoring program, it was expected that the mentors would make individual meeting(s) with the mentee they were matched with, face to face, online or over the phone, and share information and support every week. The frequency and duration of individual interviews were determined by the needs of the mentee.
Behavioral: Peer Mentoring Program
Mentoring program created in academic, social, emotional and safety dimensions.In the academic dimension, there is information about the instructors, course selection, preparing a course study program,efficient study methods,information about the education and training program. Social dimension includes interpersonal relations, participation in social life, free time activities, making friends.The emotional dimension includes developing self-confidence,coping with stress,belonging and motivation.In the security dimension, there are student rights,scholarship opportunities, accommodation opportunities, library and internet facilities, use of the health center and clinical practice. In the mentoring program, it was expected that the mentors would make individual meeting(s) with the mentee they were matched with, face to face, online or over the phone, and share information and support every week. The mentoring program continued for 12 weeks.
No Intervention: Control
No Intervention: Control group 20 mentees were included in the control group. After the follow-up test was applied to the students in the experimental group, a three-week mentoring program was applied to the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
The scale aims to determine the general self-efficacy level of individuals. The scale has 10 items and one dimension, and has a 4-point Likert (1=completely false- 4=completely true=) structure. The score obtained from the scale is between 10-40. A high score means high general self-efficacy.
Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
The scale, which consists of a total of 14 items, was designed to measure how stressful some situations in the life of the individual are perceived. The scale is 5-point Likert type. A score between 0 and 56 is taken from the scale. A high score indicates an excess of one's perception of stress.
Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
Self-Confidence Scale (SCS)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)
The scale consists of 33 items and 2 subscale. The scale is arranged in a 5-point Likert style and the maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 165. A high score from the scale without reverse coded items indicates a high level of self-confidence.
Change from baseline to 12 weeks (also assessed at 24 weeks post-baseline)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Gazi University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu, Gazi University Nursing Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

March 20, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 24, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 24, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 5, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 5, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 24, 2023

Last Verified

March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MTatu

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Other researchers will be able to read detailed information such as the research method and results when the research is published. The "Research Protocol" will be available on the this PRS page.

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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