Osteoporosis Awareness Among Nursing Students

Effect of Scenario-based Teaching on Osteoporosis Awareness in Nursing Students: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this clinical study is to determine the effect of scenario-based training of nursing students on awareness of osteoporosis.

To this end, the most important questions to be answered in the study are

• What is the level of osteoporosis awareness among nursing students at the start of the study?
• Does scenario-based education have an impact on osteoporosis awareness?

Participants:

All student nurses participating in the study will first receive theoretical training on osteoporosis. At the end of the training, a scenario example prepared by the researchers on the topic of osteoporosis is worked on with the students in the experimental group. No additional intervention is carried out with the control group.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Interventional
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Experimental; Other: Control

Detailed Description

In this study, 78 nursing students randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups are first interviewed using the personal information questionnaire and the Osteoporosis Awareness Scale. This is followed by a four-hour theoretical lesson prepared by the researchers in accordance with current literature and textbooks on osteoporosis as part of the Joint and Connective Tissue Diseases and Nursing course. At the end of the theoretical lessons, a scenario example prepared by the researchers, again using current literature and case presentations, will be worked on with the students in the experimental group. No other application is made for the control group. The Personal Information Questionnaire and the Osteoporosis Awareness Scale will be re-administered to both groups four weeks after the end of the theoretical lesson.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 78
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Esra Çavuşoğlu, Doctorate; Phone Number: 14237 +90324 361 00 01; Email: esracavusoglu@mersin.edu.tr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age and above,
• Mersin University Faculty of Nursing 2nd year students,
• Have not received any other training on osteoporosis before,
• Willing to participate in the research,
• Have cognitive competence to fill out the data collection form,
• Those who sign the Informed Voluntary Consent Form will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those under the age of 18,
• Not a 2nd year student at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing,
• Have previously received different training on osteoporosis,
• Do not want to participate in the research,
• Do not have the cognitive ability to fill out the data collection form,
• Those who do not sign the Informed Consent Form will not be included.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group: Scenario group; Theoretical lesson on osteoporosis and a scenario example on osteoporosis will be covered with the experimental group.	Other: Experimental; The experimental group will first be given a theoretical lesson prepared in line with the current literature on osteoporosis. At the end of the lesson, a prepared scenario example on osteoporosis will be covered.
Other: Other: Control group; The control group will be given a theoretical lesson on osteoporosis. No additional intervention will be made.	Other: Control; The control group will only be given a theoretical lesson prepared in line with the current literature on osteoporosis. No other intervention will be made.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Osteoporosis awareness level will be assessed using the Osteoporosis Awareness Scale.	The Osteoporosis Awareness Scale consists of 31 items and 5 subscales. Responses to scale items are rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4 (4 = I know very well, 3 = I know, 2 = I know a little, 1 = I don't know at all). The lowest and highest possible scores from the scale are 31 and 124, respectively. The higher the average score obtained from the overall scale, the higher the osteoporosis awareness.	Change from before implementation and 4th week of practice

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mersin University
• Investigators: Study Director: Esra Çavuşoğlu, Doctorate, Mersin University; Principal Investigator: Meral Gün, Doctorate, Mersin University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): January 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 30, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 30, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 30, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Nursing students; Scenario-supported education; Osteoporosis awareness
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Bone Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Osteoporosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: MersinUni.

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