Geriatric Nursing Training Program for Nursing Students

September 10, 2026 updated by: Naile Bilgili, Gazi University

The Effect of Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Nursing Training Program on Willingness to Work With Older Individuals, Empathy, and Communication Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study

This research will be conducted using a parallel randomized controlled trial design to investigate the effects of a nursing education program grounded in Travelbe's Human-to-Human Relationship theory on willingness to work with elderly individuals, empathy levels, and communication skills. The sample group will consist of third-year nursing students at a state university (intervention: 24; control: 24). The Willingness to Work with Elderly Individuals Scale, the Kiersma-Chen Empathy Scale, and the Communication Skills Scale will be used to collect data. The intervention group will receive a six-session nursing education program based on Travelbe's Human-to-Human Relationship theory. A repeated-measures ANOVA will be used to compare the mean scores across groups on the scales. In addition, independent-samples t-tests will be used for pre-test and post-test comparisons within groups, and Cohen's d and eta-squared will be used to estimate effect sizes. The data will be examined for normality. Parametric tests (One-sample t-test, ANOVA) will be applied to data that show normal distribution, and nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Wilcoxon test, Friedman test) will be applied to data that do not show normal distribution.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

48

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 (Türkiye)
    • Çankaya
      • Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)
        • Gazi University, Faculty of Nursing

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

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being a 3rd-year nursing student,
  • Agreeing to participate in the research,
  • Having taken the Geriatric Health Nursing (elective) course

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having any impediment to participation in extracurricular activities (physical/mental/psychological health problems, transportation or time constraints, etc.).

Removal criteria from the research:

  • Not attending more than 30% of the educational program,
  • Withdrawing from the research voluntarily,
  • Incomplete/non-completion of data collection instruments.

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Experimental: Intervention group
Other: Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Nursing Training Program

The Travelbee Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Health Nursing Education Program has established objectives that nursing students can achieve upon completion, aligned with the program's content. These objectives are included in the program content.

The educational program consists of six sessions. Session 1: Initial Encounter Stage (Gamification (Taboo Game Cards) Session 2: Initial Encounter Stage (Nursing Home Visit) Session 3: Emergence of Identities Stage (Standard Patient Simulation) Session 4: Empathy Stage (Aging Simulation Suit) Session 5: Sympathy Stage (Photo-based Case Generation Activity) Session 6: Adaptation (Friendly Relationship) Stage (Role-reversal activity)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Nursing students' willingness to work with elderly individuals score
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks
The minimum score on the scale is 20, and the maximum score is 120. A high average score indicates a strong desire to work with older adults.
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Empathy score
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks
The minimum score on the scale is 15 and the maximum score is 105. A higher score indicates a higher level of empathy.
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks
Communication skills score
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks
The minimum score on the scale is 25, and the maximum score is 125. A higher score on the scale indicates that the individual views their communication skills positively.
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Gazi University

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)

April 15, 2026

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 15, 2026

Study Completion (Actual)

May 29, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

April 22, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 14, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 10, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2025-118

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

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