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Developing Nursing Students' Intercultural Sensitivity Levels

Developing Nursing Students' Intercultural Sensitivity Levels: A Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05941026
Enrollment
117
Registered
2023-07-12
Start date
2021-06-01
Completion date
2023-04-01
Last updated
2023-07-12

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Conditions

Education, Nursing Caries

Keywords

Nursing, Student, Culture, Intercultural, Sensitivity, Education

Brief summary

This study; This is a randomized controlled experimental type study designed to improve the intercultural sensitivity levels of nursing students.

Detailed description

Cultural sensitivity is extremely important for healthcare professionals. Understanding cultural differences can help build a trusting relationship between patients and healthcare professionals. This increases patient satisfaction and improves the quality of health services. This work; This is a randomized controlled experimental type study designed to improve the intercultural sensitivity levels of nursing students. Intercultural sensitivity training does not affect the intercultural sensitivity level of nursing students.

Interventions

The educational content of the research was created by the researcher in line with the literature and expert opinions and covers the following topics. Educational subjects 1. Culture and Concepts Related to Culture 2. Culture/Cultural Characteristics and Cultural Elements in Terms of Social Structure 3. Cultural Factors Affecting Health and Disease 4. Concepts and Practices Related to the Field of Study The training is an online training and continued via video conference, and a session invitation was sent to the participants before each session. In addition, after the training, brochures containing the training topics of each week were prepared and delivered to the participants. The trainings were conducted by the researcher in a total of four sessions (each session 20 minutes) once a week during the training process. During the training, the questions of the participants were answered.

Sponsors

Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Following recruitment, students were divided into a study and a control group by randomization (1:1 randomization)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Being a student of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Nursing Department * Having successfully completed the basic practical courses of the first three classes * Being enrolled in one of the Public Health Nursing or Mental Health and Diseases Nursing courses from the fourth year * Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Not completing the training sessions of the research

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and Personel QuestionsPre-test (Before the training)The scale was developed by Chen and Starosta and was adapted to Turkish in 2010. It consists of twenty-four items and includes five emotional dimensions necessary to measure intercultural sensitivity. The scale has five dimensions: responsibility in communication, respect for cultural differences, self-confidence in communication, enjoying communication, and being careful in communication. The scale has a 5-point Likert-type rating. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of sensitivity increases. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was determined as 0.90.
Intercultural Sensitivity Scalefour weeks after the pre-test (at the end of the training)The scale was developed by Chen and Starosta and was adapted to Turkish in 2010. It consists of twenty-four items and includes five emotional dimensions necessary to measure intercultural sensitivity. The scale has five dimensions: responsibility in communication, respect for cultural differences, self-confidence in communication, enjoying communication, and being careful in communication. The scale has a 5-point Likert-type rating. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of sensitivity increases. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was determined as 0.90.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026