The "TakeCare!" study addresses the problem that vocational students of nursing care cope with great physical and psychological demands during their daily routines. To meet these demands, the Bavarian curriculum for generalist nurses has adopted the promotion of physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) for vocational students. However, it must be assumed that the concept has not yet been adopted comprehensively across the Bavarian nursing landscape. Therefore, the "TakeCare!" study tackles the question of how PAHCO can be implemented most appropriately in Bavarian nursing schools. Drawing on experiences from the project PArC-AVE, three different dissemination approaches will being tested and compared with a control group. A total of 16 nursing schools from different regions of Bavaria will be assigned to four different study arms (cluster-randomized design). In the long term, the project aims to derive recommendations for all nursing schools in Bavaria.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
640
Intervention for the curriculum content "PAHCO" at nursing schools in Bavaria
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Short Term)
Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) Questionnaire (Carl et al., 2020); higher percentage scores (0 min, 100 max) indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
Psychological Movement Quality (Short Term)
Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES; Jekauc et al., 2020); higher scores (16 min, 80 max) indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
Quality Physical Activity (Short Term)
The outcome is a relational aggregate index between leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity; higher values (i.e., higher leisure time physical activity relative to occupational physical activity) indicate a better outcome; Leisure time physical activity via BSA Questionnaire (Fuchs et al., 2015); Occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ; Chau et al., 2012)
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Medium Term)
Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) Questionnaire (Carl et al., 2020); higher percentage scores (0 min, 100 max) indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)
Psychological Movement Quality (Medium Term)
Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES; Jekauc et al., 2020); higher scores (16 min, 80 max) indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)
Quality Physical Activity (Medium Term)
The outcome is a relational aggregate index between leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity; higher values (i.e., higher leisure time physical activity relative to occupational physical activity) indicate a better outcome; Leisure time physical activity via BSA Questionnaire (Fuchs et al., 2015); Occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ; Chau et al., 2012)
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)
General Health Status (Short Term)
Single-Item (#1) of the Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12; Morfeld et al., 2011); after inversion, higher values (0 min, 4 max) will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
Work Ability (Short Term)
Work Ability Index, short form (WAI-r; Hetzel et al., 2014); higher values (5 min, 36 max) will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
Musculoskeletal Complaints (Short Term)
Ten items (neck/cervical spine, shoulder joints, ellbow/lower arms, hands, thoracic spine, lower back, hip joints/thighs, knee joints, lower legs, feet) of the Nordic Musculosceletal Questionnaire (NMQ; Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2021); lower values will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
Physical Job Stress in Nursing (Short Term)
Self-developed questionnaire for the physical job stress in nursing; instrument (at its early stage) currently comprises 30 items, will undergo psychometric validation at baseline (T0), lower values (min 0, max 4 for each item) will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)
General Health Status (Medium Term)
Single-Item (#1) of the Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12; Morfeld et al., 2011); after inversion, higher values (0 min, 4 max) will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)
Work Ability (Medium Term)
Work Ability Index, short form (WAI-r; Hetzel et al., 2014); higher values (5 min, 36 max) will indicate a better outcome
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Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)
Musculoskeletal Complaints (Medium Term)
Ten items (neck/cervical spine, shoulder joints, ellbow/lower arms, hands, thoracic spine, lower back, hip joints/thighs, knee joints, lower legs, feet) of the Nordic Musculosceletal Questionnaire (NMQ; Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2021); lower values will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)
Physical Job Stress in Nursing (Medium Term)
Self-developed questionnaire for the physical job stress in nursing; instrument (at its early stage) currently comprises 30 items, will undergo psychometric validation at baseline (T0), lower values (min 0, max 4 for each item) will indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)