Remote Social Support on Midwifery Students' Anxiety and Attitudes During Distance Education

November 14, 2024 updated by: Elif Balkan, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Impact of Remote Social Support on Midwifery Students' Anxiety and Attitudes During Distance Education: a Randomized Study

The aim of this CT is to evaluate the effects of distance social support program on anxiety and attitudes towards distance education with midwifery students during COVID-19. The main questions are:

  1. Does online social support has an impact on attitudes towards distance education?
  2. Does online social support decrease the anxiety levels of the students?

Participants will:

- Join an online social support program and meet the researchers and friends.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

89

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
    • Zeytinburnu
      • Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, Turkey
        • Istinye University

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being 2nd or 3rd grade midwifery student
  • voluntarily participating

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not using smartphone

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
This arm had intervention
Other: Social support
This intervention includes a social support given to the students during COVID-19 pandemic
No Intervention: Control
This arm had no intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Attitude Scale Towards Distance Education
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the study
ASDE aims to assess the attitudes of the students towards distance education
From enrollment to the end of the study
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the study
MSPSS aims to assess the perceived social support.
From enrollment to the end of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
State and Trait Anxiety Scale
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the study
STA-I aims to assess the anxiety.
From enrollment to the end of the study

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

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)

May 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 10, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

November 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 15, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Istinye039

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

IPD will not shared because of the ethical restrictions

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

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