The Effect of Web-based Education on Psychomotor Skills Education in Nursing

The Effect of Web-based Education on Psychomotor Skills Education in Nursing; Randomized Controlled Experimental Trial

Objective: This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of web-based education on psychomotor skills teaching and information levels in nursing students.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled clinical trial. The universe of the research consisted of first-year students of the nursing department of a university. The sample of the study consisted of 90 students, experimental and control group. At the beginning of the study, the drug administration course was explained theoretically to all students. Psychomotor skill teaching was demonstrated to both groups in the laboratory with demonstration technique. Then, pre-test data were collected. Students in the experimental group were given a link to the web page where they could watch the clinical knowledge and skills teaching video and a user profile was created. The students had the opportunity to watch and repeat the training videos and lecture notes as much as they wanted for two weeks. In the last stage, the knowledge and skill level of both groups was measured again and post-test data were collected. In order to collect data, intravenous-intramuscular injection skill checklists and drug administration knowledge tests created by the researchers were used.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Education; Nursing
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Web based education

Detailed Description

In today's conditions, depending on the developments in computer and technology, it is inevitable to utilise internet technologies in teaching environments. At this point, Web Based Education (WBE) applications emerged with the use of internet technologies. Many education institutions, especially at higher education level, continue to carry out serious research and development studies in this field as well as realising WBE applications. It was observed that the knowledge level of first-year nursing students about drug applications, intramuscular injection and intravenous catheter insertion skills can be improved with web-based education.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 90
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Malatya, Turkey, 44800
    • Hakime Aslan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students who volunteered to participate in the research,
• who took the nursing basics course for the first time,
• who did not graduate from a health vocational high school or any associate or undergraduate degree related to health departments,
• who had internet access,
• who had a smart phone or computer were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having any psychological diagnosis,
• İncomplete or incorrect filling of the forms.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Web Based Group; For 2 weeks, a web-based education intervention was implemented.	Behavioral: Web based education; The link to the web page was shared with the students in the experimental group (https://inonuhemsirelikesaslari.com, the expired page cannot be accessed at the moment). Theoretical training and application process steps video for IV catheterization and IM injection skills were taken to the students in the experimental group and uploaded to the web page. The students in the experimental group were given a username-password with which they could access the web page, and the access status of the students was followed by the researcher. The researcher was able to see the frequency of each student watching the videos and their scores in online tests. The student who did not watch the videos or did not take the test was interviewed and feedback was given about watching them. Students were able to access the web page as often as they wanted for two weeks.
No Intervention: Control Group; No intervention was applied to the students in the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Effect of IV catheterization skills	IV catheterization; Students in the web-based education group will watch videos, read course materials and solve questions about IV catheterisation practice for 2 weeks.	2 weeks
Effect of IM injection skills	IM injection; Students in the web-based education group will watch videos, read course materials and solve questions about IM injection skills for 2 weeks.	2 weeks
Effect of information levels	Information levels;Students in the web-based education group will watch videos, read course materials and solve questions about IM injection skills and IV catheterisation practice for 2 weeks.	2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Inonu University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Aslan H, Erci B. The effect of playing games with toys made with medical materials in children with cancer on pain during intravenous treatment. Palliat Support Care. 2022 Feb;20(1):84-93. doi: 10.1017/S1478951521000390.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): March 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 3, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 8, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 8, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 3, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Hakime Aslan (Other Identifier: Inonu University)

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