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Comparing the effect of contact-based education with acceptance and commitment-based training on stigma and empathy

Comparing the effect of contact-based education with acceptance and commitment-based training on stigma and empathy toward psychiatric disorders among nursing students

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2016091622823N2
Enrollment
111
Registered
2016-10-05
Start date
2016-08-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

Stigma and Empathy toward Psychiatric Disorders. Mental and behavioural disorders

Interventions

Intervention 1: Contact-based education: students will be exposed to interpersonal contact with three patients with psychiatric disorders who have improved symptoms of illness in three sessions of one
Prevention
Contact-based education: students will be exposed to interpersonal contact with three patients with psychiatric disorders who have improved symptoms of illness in three sessions of one-hour (the first
Acceptance and commitment-based train: students will be exposed to acceptance and commitment-based training in three sessions of one-hour (the first three days of clerkship) in addition to a mental
Control group: student will not receive intervention except to mental health clerkship

Sponsors

Vice Chancellor for research of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Major eligibility criteria for participants: lack of employment in the psychiatric wards in hospitals, lack of psychiatric disorder, lack of person with psychiatric disorder in relatives. Major criteria for no eligibility: unwillingness to continue participation in the study, lack of participation in post-test, the absence or lack of participation in one session or more.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Stigma. Timepoint: Before starting clerkship, the last day of clerkship and one month after the end of clerkship. Method of measurement: Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers.;Empathy. Timepoint: Before starting clerkship, the last day of clerkship and one month after the end of clerkship. Method of measurement: Jefferson Scale of Empathy in Nurses.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAzam Salarhaji

Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences

salarhm921@mums.ac.ir, salarhm921@gmail.com+98 51 4262 7522

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026