Clinical trial · Interventional
Educational Intervention for Cancer Survivorship Care.
Educational Intervention in Nursing Students for the Care of Long-term Cancer Survivors and Their Families: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The study aims to determine the feasibility and acceptability of an interdisciplinary educational intervention for nursing students to acquire the competence (knowledge, skill and attitude) to care for long-term cancer survivors and their families. The design is an exploratory randomized controlled trial Following the framework of the Medical Research Council, the method used is a multidisciplinary educational intervention consisting of a flipped classroom, a clinical simulation and a round table with a duration of ten hours. The variables to measure effectiveness were competence and its attributes: knowledge, skills and attitude. The variable to assess acceptability and feasibility was student satisfaction. Data were collected before and after the intervention.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning and Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- no intervention
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- description
- Interdisciplinary educational intervention with a combination of active educational methods.
- interventionNames
- Other: Learning and Care
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Knowledge
- timeFrame
- February-April (3 months)
- description
- To assess the level of knowledge acquired by students about the needs of long-term survivors and their families, as well as about family nursing and family assessment and intervention tools according to the Calgary Model, an ad hoc multiple choice test was designed. 20 multiple choice questions. The test was piloted among team members and students to validate their understanding and identify possible errors in multiple responses.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 19 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Students enrolled in the 3rd year of nursing at the Faculty of Nursing of the University of Navarra and who voluntarily agree to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * 1st and 2nd year nursing students since they had not had contact with clinical practice. * 4th year nursing students due to being in a clinical practice period and being outside the institution where the intervention was carried out.
References
Publications (9)
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- BACKGROUNDGelderen, S. Van, Engebretson, A., Miller, A., Hancock, A., Ehmke, S., Swan, M., & Garrow, A. (2019). A Family-Care Rubric : Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 36, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2019.07.006
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- BACKGROUNDBarreto MDS, Marquete VF, Camparoto CW, Garcia-Vivar C, Barbieri-Figueiredo MDC, Marcon SS. Factors associated with nurses' positive attitudes towards families' involvement in nursing care: A scoping review. J Clin Nurs. 2022 Dec;31(23-24):3338-3349. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16226. Epub 2022 Jan 26. PMID 35083808
- BACKGROUNDHagedoorn EI, Paans W, Jaarsma T, Keers JC, van der Schans CP, Luttik MLA. The importance of families in nursing care: attitudes of nurses in the Netherlands. Scand J Caring Sci. 2021 Dec;35(4):1207-1215. doi: 10.1111/scs.12939. Epub 2020 Dec 3. PMID 33270268
- RESULTCraig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, Michie S, Nazareth I, Petticrew M; Medical Research Council Guidance. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ. 2008 Sep 29;337:a1655. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1655.