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The Effect of Creative Drama Education on Nursing Students' Reflective Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making: A Mixed-Methods Study

3. august 2026 opdateret af: Tugce Kabak Solak, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University
This randomized controlled mixed-methods study evaluated the effect of creative drama education on nursing students' reflective thinking and clinical decision-making skills. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group receiving creative drama education (n = 40) or a control group participating in case-based discussion sessions (n = 37). Quantitative data were collected before and after the intervention using validated measurement instruments. Following completion of the intervention, qualitative interviews were conducted with participants from the experimental group to explore their learning experiences and provide a deeper explanation of the quantitative findings.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Reflective thinking and clinical decision-making are essential competencies for nursing students to deliver safe, evidence-based, and patient-centered care. Active learning approaches are increasingly recommended to improve these competencies during undergraduate nursing education. Creative drama is an experiential teaching method that promotes active participation, critical reflection, communication, empathy, collaboration, and problem-solving through role-playing, improvisation, and group interaction.

This randomized controlled mixed-methods study investigated whether creative drama education improves nursing students' reflective thinking and clinical decision-making compared with conventional case-based discussion. Undergraduate nursing students were randomly allocated to either an experimental group receiving structured creative drama education (n = 40) or a control group receiving case-based discussion sessions (n = 37). Reflective thinking and clinical decision-making were measured before and after the intervention. Subsequently, qualitative interviews were conducted with students in the experimental group to explore their experiences and explain the quantitative findings.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

77

Fase

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Studiesteder

    • Merkez
      • Ağrı, Merkez, Tyrkiet (Türkiye), 04100
        • Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Undergraduate fourth-year nursing students enrolled in the nursing program.
  • Aged 18 years or older.
  • Able to communicate in Turkish.
  • Available to attend all scheduled educational sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous participation in formal creative drama training related to nursing education.
  • Failure to attend one or more educational sessions.
  • Withdrawal from the study at any stage.
  • Incomplete completion of the study questionnaires (pre-test or post-test).

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Andet
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Tredobbelt

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Creative Drama-Based Training
Participants received structured creative drama education designed to improve reflective thinking and clinical decision-making through experiential learning, role-playing, improvisation, and group reflection.
Participants in the experimental group received a structured creative drama education program designed to enhance reflective thinking and clinical decision-making skills. The intervention consisted of interactive sessions incorporating warm-up activities, improvisation, role-playing, group enactment of realistic nursing scenarios, reflection, and group discussion. Students actively explored clinical situations by assuming different roles, analyzing patient care problems, and reflecting on their experiences throughout the drama process. The educational content was standardized and delivered by the same instructor using a predefined creative drama program.
Andet: Case-Based Discussion
Participants received instructor-guided case discussion sessions covering the same educational objectives using conventional teaching methods.
Participants in the control group received conventional case-based discussion sessions covering the same learning objectives as the experimental group. The sessions included instructor-guided analysis of written clinical cases, question-and-answer activities, and group discussions without the use of creative drama techniques or experiential role-play.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Reflective Thinking
Tidsramme: Baseline and immediately after the intervention.
Change in reflective thinking scores measured from baseline to immediately after completion of the educational intervention using a validated reflective thinking scale.
Baseline and immediately after the intervention.
Clinical Decision-Making
Tidsramme: Baseline and immediately after the intervention.
Change in clinical decision-making scores measured from baseline to immediately after completion of the educational intervention using a validated clinical decision-making scale.
Baseline and immediately after the intervention.

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Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

1. juni 2025

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

30. juni 2025

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

30. juni 2025

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

3. august 2026

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

3. august 2026

Først opslået (Faktiske)

6. august 2026

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

6. august 2026

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

3. august 2026

Sidst verificeret

1. august 2026

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • AGRSABFTKS003

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