Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05625906
Advance Care Planning Training for Nurses
The Effectiveness of a Multi-media Experiential Training Programme in Advance Care Planning for Nurses Working in Acute Care Settings
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 230 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The aims of this study are to examine the effectiveness of a multi-media experiential training programme in advance care planning (ACP) for nursing staff in acute care settings. The main questions it aims to answer are: * can the programme enhance nurses' decision-support skills * can the programme strengthen nurses' knowledge and confidence, and improve their attitude toward ACP? Researchers will compare the participants in the intervention group (receive training programme) with those who are in the control group (receive no intervention) to evaluate the effectiveness of the programme.
Detailed description
The study adopts a cluster randomised controlled trial with 12 weeks (T2) and 24 weeks (T3) follow-ups. A total of 234 eligible nurses working in 26 acute care hospital wards will be randomised at ward level in a 1:1 ratio into either control or intervention arms. Guided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour, we will conduct path analysis to assess the role of nurses' knowledge, attitudes and confidence on the nurses' skill performance on decision support after the intervention.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Multi-media experiential training programme | 1. Webpage and mobile applications of training material on ACP, to be offered four weeks before the workshop 2. A three-hour multimedia workshop (8-10 nurses per group) including enhanced lectures and a role play encounter with standardised patients. Immediate feedback on their quality of decision support skills will be given. The workshops will be delivered by an experienced advance practice nurse with a palliative care specialty. 3. Writing a reflective journal after the role play with standardised patients |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-31
- Completion
- 2024-12-31
- First posted
- 2022-11-23
- Last updated
- 2026-04-14
Locations
8 sites across 1 country: Hong Kong
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05625906. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.