NCT06037005

The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Nursing Students

The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Nursing Students in the COVID 19 Process: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objectives: This research was planned to examine the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on the post-traumatic stress symptoms of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Single-blinded study with parallel groups. Setting: Faculty of Nursing. Participants: 60 first-year students studying at the Faculty of Nursing were randomly assigned to the intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. Method: Data were collected using the Information Form prepared by the researcher and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5. The intervention group was collected online three times, before the cognitive behavioral group therapy, at the end of the therapy and three months later. Group intervention program based on cognitive behavioral approach of ten sessions; face-to-face, the intervention group was divided into two separate groups and each group was completed in approximately one and a half months (May-June 2022), two days a week. Follow-up measurement was completed in September 2022. While group therapy was applied to the intervention group, no intervention was made to the control group.

Conditions

• Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group	Group intervention program based on cognitive behavioral approach of ten sessions; It was completed in approximately one and a half months (May-June 2022) in the Faculty of Nursing, by dividing the experimental group into two separate groups, two days a week for each group. Each session was held for approximately one hour. The last measurement was made three months after the last therapy session (September 2022).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-10
• Primary completion: 2022-09-30
• Completion: 2023-11-30
• First posted: 2023-09-14
• Last updated: 2024-02-26

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)