NCT04365894

Affective Learning in Disabled Health Training

Affective Learning in Disabled Health Training of Turkish Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effect of the learning method based on transformative learning theory to improve sensitivity towards the disabled on the empathic tendency, attitude and alexithymia levels of nursing students.

Detailed description

This randomized, controlled and experimental study was conducted between October and December 2019. The sample of the study consisted of 70 2nd grade nursing students (34 people in the experimental group and 36 in the control group). The learning method based on transformative learning theory was applied to the experimental group. The data were collected using a demographic information form, the Empathic Tendency Scale, Attitudes Towards Disabled Person Scale, and Toronto Alexithymia Scale. The Mann-Whitney U Test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, Paired Sample Test, and Pearson's Chi-Squared Test were used to determine the differences between the groups.

Conditions

• Learning Disabilities

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Transformative learning theory	According to the transformative learning theory, learning methods in education should include four activities as investigate, collaborative, higher-order thinking and interactive learning activities

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-10-01
• Completion: 2019-12-30
• First posted: 2020-04-28
• Last updated: 2020-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)