The Effect of Pressure Ulcer Management Program Applied With Jigsaw Technique

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the jigsaw method on pressure ulcer prevention in senior nursing students. In addition, the study will also examine student views on the jigsaw technique.

Hypotheses of the study are as follows:

Hypothesis 1: The pressure injury management program applied with the Jigsaw technique has an effect on the pressure ulcer knowledge scores of nursing students.

Hypothesis 2: The pressure injury management program applied with the Jigsaw technique has an effect on the pressure ulcer prevention attitude of nursing students.

Hypothesis 3: The pressure injury management program applied with the Jigsaw technique has an effect on nursing students' pressure ulcer management self-efficacy.

The participant characteristics were being a 4th grade student of Kütahya University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and being enrolled in the Basic Principles and Practices in Nursing Practices Course. Nursing students who did not volunteer to participate in the study, those who did not participate in theoretical and clinical practices during the academic semester, and nursing students working as high school graduate nurses due to their past education will be excluded from the study.

Intervention and measurements: Participants (N=70) will be randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group will study pressure ulcer management with the jigsaw technique. The control group will receive theoretical education with the traditional method. Students' pressure ulcer knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy levels will be assessed with standardized tools. Baseline assessment before the intervention, post-intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention will be done. Measurements will be made by students through self-reporting. However, a researcher blinded to the groups will administer the instruments and enter data. Data analysis will also be done by the researcher blinded to the groups. Thus, double blindness will be ensured. Statistical analysis will be based on significance tests.

Conditions

• Pressure Ulcers
• Nursing Students
• Training Effectiveness
• Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Jigsaw method

Jigsaw/puzzle method is one of the collaborative learning techniques. The Jigsaw technique requires each student to focus on a particular aspect of the topic, become an "expert" on that topic and teach it to their peers. Once the students have learned the topic in their expert group, they return to the original group and teach what they have learned back to them as if solving a jigsaw puzzle (Geiselman et al., 2024). For the application of the technique, the "Jigsaw Technique Application Directive" was prepared as a training material to be delivered to the students.

BEHAVIORAL

The theoretical training

The theoretical training will be conducted in 2 sessions. The first session will cover the definition, prevalence and importance of pressure ulcers, etiology and classification, risk assessment and pressure ulcers in special patient groups. The second session will cover prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kutahya Health Sciences University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Necibe Dağcan Şahin, Asst. Prof. · Kutahya Health Science University

• Ferzan Kalaycı Emek, RA · Kutahya Health Science University

• Burcu Nal, Asst. Prof. · Kutahya Health Science University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-04-11

Primary Completion

2025-06-06

Completion

2025-06-06

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations