THE EFFECT OF CREATIVE DRAMA ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANXIETY, EMPATHY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN NURSING EDUCATION

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University26 enrolled

Overview

This work; The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education program, which was created with the creative drama method based on Travelbee's "human-to-human relationship" theory, on the teaching and practice of mental health and psychiatric nursing course, on reducing the anxiety of students and improving their empathy and communication skills.

In psychiatric nursing education; It is known that classical education methods are not sufficient to reduce students' anxiety and stigma, and to strengthen communication and empathy. For this reason, there is a need for training methods that will increase in-depth learning and communication skills and empathy in the field. In this research, the creative drama education method was arranged in accordance with the requirements of mental health and psychiatric nursing education and a training program was developed. Within the scope of the research, this training program was applied to the students who completed the theoretical education of psychiatric nursing. In order to measure the effectiveness of the research training program, it was planned in a quantitative design as a randomized controlled intervention study and in a mixed method in qualitative design in order to examine students' views on the method.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Psychiatric Nursing

Interventions

creative dramaBEHAVIORAL

In the training program, a total of six games were played about the experiences of psychiatric patients. The program was designed to be two game per week for four weeks.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsMax age: 24 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being residing in the city center of Ankara Volunteering to participate in the research, Being a 4th year nursing student and having completed the Mental Health and Diseases Nursing course, Lack of clinical experience in communicating with individuals with mental illness (Health Vocational High School graduate), Not having received training in communicating with individuals with mental illness before (students repeating a grade). Not having been diagnosed with any mental illness No mental illness in first degree relatives Exclusion Criteria: * Living outside the city center of Ankara To fill in the research data collection forms incompletely, Not completing the creative drama education based on human-human relationship theory, Refusal to participate in the research Not meeting the criteria for inclusion in the research

Locations (1)

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The Numerical Rating Scale(NRS)

It was applied to the experimental and control groups to quantitatively measure the effectiveness of the training program.

Time frame: Eight weeks

Qualitative method, (focus group interview)

It was applied to evaluate the opinions and suggestions of the experimental group about the education program.

Time frame: one weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Empathic Skill Scale - B

It was used to determine the level of empathic skills of the students at the end of the training program.

Time frame: Eight weeks

Communication Skills Assessment Scale

It was used to determine the level of communication skills of the students at the end of the education program.

Time frame: Eight weeks

State and Trait Anxiety Scale

It was used to determine the level of anxiety experienced by the students at the end of the education program.

Time frame: Eight weeks

semi-structured questionnaire

It was applied to evaluate the opinions and suggestions of the experimental group about the education program

Time frame: one weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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