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ChatGPT-Driven Blended Teaching for Pain Management in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT07552363 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 156

Last updated 2026-04-27

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Summary

Pain management is a core competency in nursing practice, yet nursing students consistently demonstrate insufficient knowledge, unfavorable attitudes, limited competence, and low self-efficacy in this area. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based educational tools, particularly ChatGPT, have emerged as promising resources in nursing education; however, rigorous experimental evidence on their effectiveness remains scarce.

This study is a two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial (RCT) that aims to evaluate the effect of a ChatGPT-driven blended teaching model for pain management on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward pain, nursing competence, and learning self-efficacy.

Eligible nursing students at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran) will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either:

* Intervention group: ChatGPT-assisted blended clinical nursing rounds (8 sessions over 4 weeks, each 90 minutes, combining bedside rounds with AI-assisted pre- and post-round activities)
* Control group: Traditional clinical nursing rounds (same number and duration of sessions, without any AI tools)

Outcomes will be measured at baseline (1 week before intervention), immediate post-test (1 week after intervention), and 3-month follow-up using validated instruments: the Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (NKASRP), the Nursing Student Competence Scale (NSCS), and the Nursing Students' Learning Self-Efficacy instrument (NLSE).

Findings will provide empirical evidence to guide educational policy and curriculum design in nursing programs, with the goal of improving pain management education and patient care outcomes.

Conditions

  • Pain Management
  • Nursing Education
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ChatGPT-Driven Blended Teaching Model for Pain Management

A blended teaching model integrating ChatGPT with in-person clinical nursing rounds for pain management education. Delivered over 4 weeks (8 sessions × 90 minutes). Each session includes: (1) pre-round preparation using standardized ChatGPT prompts for case analysis and evidence retrieval; (2) bedside nursing rounds with pain assessment, patient education, and instructor feedback; and (3) post-round activities using ChatGPT to resolve clinical uncertainties and complete case reports. All ChatGPT outputs were reviewed by supervising faculty for accuracy. Students used pre-designed, standardized prompts based on the WHO analgesic ladder and national clinical protocols.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Clinical Nursing Rounds

Standard clinical nursing rounds without AI tools. The instructor directs all activities including case introduction, bedside assessment, nursing diagnosis, intervention planning, and outcome evaluation. Students primarily observe and respond to instructor questions. Sessions match the intervention group in number, duration, and clinical setting (8 sessions × 90 minutes over 4 weeks).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-01
Completion
2027-01-01

Countries

  • Iran

Study Locations

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