The Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Approach-Based Psychoeducation on Nursing Students' Psychological Distress

Summary

The study is planned to be conducted in a randomized controlled experimental design in accordance with CONSORT. The study is planned to be carried out at X Nursing Faculty between November 2022 and February 2024. The randomization list will be hidden from the students, and the group to which each student will be included will be revealed after they are included in the study. In order to determine which group the nursing students to be included in the study will be in, the "Layered Block Randomization" method will be used and they will be assigned to the experimental and control groups according to the stress scores they get from the DASS-21 scale. Assignment of intervention and control groups to conceal randomization information to avoid study bias; It will be done by an expert who was not involved in the research. The experimental group will consist of 40 students in total, 4 groups of 10 students each, and the students will receive face-to-face psychoeducation for 6 weeks, each session for 60 minutes. The control group will not receive any intervention during the application period and will be put on waitlist. After the psychoeducation, as a post-test, one month, six months and one year later, follow-up measurements will be applied face-to-face and by telephone to the students who have completed the psychoeducation, and the scores will be compared with the control group. Among the sampling criteria; Being a nursing student, getting at least 8 points (mild and above) from the stress sub-dimension of the DASS-21 scale; Exclusion criteria from the sample included starting psychiatric treatment in the last three months, having previously participated in an acceptance and commitment or mindfullness-based program. In the research, descriptive information form will be filled from the students. The level of psychological distress will be measured with the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale Short Form (DASS-21). Psychological flexibility will be measured with the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II , mindfullness with the Mindfull Attention Awareness Scale and the level of valuing with the Valuing Questionnaire . Validity and reliability studies of the scales were carried out. Institutional permission was obtained from the faculty where the research was conducted.

Conditions

• Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance and commitment approach-based psychoeducation

The psychoeducation based on acceptance and commitment approach reducing psychological distress in nursing students; It has been prepared to increase psychological flexibility, mindfullness and level valuing. A potential approach that has been shown to be effective in reducing psychological distress is one of the third generation cognitive behavioral therapies; acceptance and commitment therapy. Acceptance and commitment-based approaches encourage participants to change their relationship with their thoughts and physical sensations through acceptance, mindfullness, and value-based action mechanisms.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dokuz Eylul University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tuğçe Şık, Msc · Dokuz Eylul University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-12-05

Primary Completion

2024-02-25

Completion

2024-02-25

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations