Improving the Application Skill of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test

Improving the Application Skill of Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test with Different Teaching Methods: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test is one of the most widely used and objective clinical tests for assessing the sense of touch. Some guides include standard instructions for the application of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test. With monofilaments applied correctly by the instructions, patients' threshold values can be determined accurately. However, there are disagreements about the accuracy of the pressure applied by the therapist who applies the monofilament to the patient. The investigators aimed to compare the application of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test to undergraduate students of the occupational therapy department by teaching it using classical methods and visual feedback.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Training; Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: training with visual feedback; Other: classical learning

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Hacettepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being third or fourth-year undergraduate students of the Occupational Therapy Department
• Completing the Hand Rehabilitation course
• Being a volunteer to participate in the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Training with visual feedback; The students in the study group will do monofilament applications on a precision scale. They will be provided with visual feedback by comparing the value of the monofilament with the pressure value of the monofilament applied on the precision scale in grams. In this way, the students will visually experience whether they can provide the appropriate level of pressure during the application. The practice on the precision scale will continue for 15-20 minutes with the monofilaments in the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test kit.	Other: training with visual feedback; Training with visual feedback by comparing the value of the monofilament with the pressure value of the monofilament applied on the precision scale in grams.
Active Comparator: Classical learning; The students in the control group will do practical applications with the classical learning method, where one of the researchers plays the patient role. They will do application trials with the monofilaments in the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test kit for 15-20 minutes.	Other: classical learning; Study of the test with practical applications on the researcher who plays the role of the patient

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Application duration of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test	The application duration of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test will be recorded in seconds.	just before the intervention and just after completion of the intervention
The applied force of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test	The applied force of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test will be recorded in grams.	just before the intervention and just after completion of the intervention
Intervals between the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test applications	Intervals between the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test applications will be recorded in seconds.	just before the intervention and just after completion of the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hacettepe University
• Collaborators: Çankırı Karatekin University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 10, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 15, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): October 15, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 21, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 3, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): September 5, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 18, 2024
• Last Verified: September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SWMTeaching

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No