scholarly journals Comparison Between Peer Learning and Conventional Methods in Biostatistics Course Among Postgraduate Nursing Students’ Final Score, Statistics and Test Anxiety: A Quasi-experimental Study with a Control Group

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azar Babaahmadi ◽  
Elham Maraghi ◽  
Soraya Moradi ◽  
Shima Younespour
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Statistics Anxiety ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Final Score ◽  
The Mean

Background: Biostatistics course is considered essential for nursing education. Thus, conceptual learning in biostatistics is highly critical for postgraduate nursing students. A large proportion of students identify this course as the most anxiety-inducing course. The largest part of students’ anxiety in the semester in which they take biostatistics course is manifested in the form of statistics anxiety in addition to test anxiety. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of the peer learning method in biostatistics course among postgraduate nursing students’ final score and test and statistics anxiety. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted during the first semester of the academic year 2019 - 2020 in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Students were divided into two separate classes according to their courses. In one class, biostatistics course was taught by peers, and the lecture method as the conventional method was used for teaching in the other class. Test and statistics anxiety questionnaires were completed by the students of both groups before the educational intervention and at the end of the semester. Data was analyzed by SPSS 20 using nonparametric tests. Results: The mean final score in the lecture and peer learning groups were respectively 9.9 ± 4.60 and 11.55 ± 4.76 (P = 0.245). At the end of the course, the mean scores of statistics and test anxiety decreased in the intervention group in comparison to the conventional group. Conclusions: Using the peer learning method in biostatistics course has a positive effect on reducing test and statistics anxiety and increasing final scores in postgraduate nursing students.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD TO REDUCING STUDENTS ANXIETY IN LEARNING MATH AT GRADE VII SMP NEGERI 1 BAUBAU

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suwarni La Usa
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Round Numbers ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Research Show

The problem of this research is whether the application of cooperative learning method is effective in reducing student’s anxiety in learning Math at grade VII at the topic of round numbers. The objective of the research is to know the effectiveness of cooperative learning in reducing student’s anxiety in learning Math at the topic of round numbers at grade VII SMP Negeri 1 Baubau. This research is descriptive quantitative by applying quasi experimental design. The sample taken consisted of 54 students which is each group consisted of 27 students. The instrument used in this research is test. The result of the research show that (1)The mean score of students learning in Math in experimental group before treatment is 56,48 with standard of deviation is 18,65 and after treatment is 83,70 with standard of deviation is 15,54. (2)The mean score of students learning in Math in control group before treatment is 56,67 with standard of deviation is 17,26 and after treatment is 73,51 with standard of deviation is 17,58. (3)Based on the mean score of students result in learning who is taught through those model of learning and seeing the result of statistic inferential of t test shows that learning through cooperative learning method is more effective to reduce students anxiety in learning Math.

scholarly journals The Effect of Positive Thinking Training on Anxiety and Happiness in the Elderly: a Quasi- Experimental Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anis Pourdavarani ◽  
Jamileh Farokhzadian ◽  
Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouz ◽  
Sedigheh Khodabandeh Shahraki
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background: Anxiety and depression are the most common psychological disorders in the aging period. One of the ways to deal with anxiety and depression and increase happiness in the elderly is to train positive thinking. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate positive thinking skills training on anxiety and happiness in the elderly.Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 48 elderly people referred to two comprehensive health service centers in Kerman in southeastern Iran were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into intervention groups (n = 24) and control (n = 24). The data collection tools included the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Oxford Happiness Inventory. Questionnaires were filled out before the intervention, then positive thinking training was held in eight sessions of 90 minutes. After training program, the was conducted one month after it, the follow-up tools.Results: The results showed that the mean score of anxiety before positive thinking training was (13.58 ± 8.61) and (19.25± 11.67) in the intervention and the control group, respectively. After positive thinking training, the mean scores were (4.50 ±4.07) and (15.54±9.04) in the intervention and control group, respectively. After the intervention, which significantly reduced anxiety the intervention, group (t= 8.10, P<0.001). The mean score of happiness before the test was (26.58±12.40) and (37.91 ± 5.57) in the intervention and control groups, respectively. However, the posttest happiness scores of the intervention and control groups were (62.91± 4.66) and (35.62 ±10.62), respectively. The results showed that implementing positive thinking training increased happiness significantly (t=-4.08, P<0.001).Conclusion: Since positive thinking training effect reducing anxiety and increasing happiness in the elderly. Due to the growing trend of the elderly population, the positive thinking training approach can be used as a suitable, cost-effective, and efficient method in reducing anxiety and increasing happiness in the elderly.

scholarly journals Increasing interprofessional socialization among psychology and nursing students by means of an educational intervention: A quasi-experimental study with a control group

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Luis González-Pascual ◽  
Margarita G. Márquez ◽  
Rocío Rodríguez-Rey ◽  
Ana María Muñoz-Cobo ◽  
Juan Carlos Pérez-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract Background Interprofessional education helps health sciences students become better able to take part in future interprofessional collaborative practice. In general, interprofessional education activities seek to change knowledge levels, attitudes, and skills. However, a more ambitious objective would be to foster interprofessional socialization. Interprofessional socialization calls for the development of a dual identity: on the one hand, a professional identity, and on the other, an interprofessional identity as a member of a collaborative team. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of an interprofessional activity in increasing self-assessment scores regarding interprofessional socialization. Methods This was a quasi-experimental study. Sixty psychology and nursing students at a university were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group participated in an activity designed in accordance with Khalili's interprofessional socialization framework. The control group performed their usual activities. Self-assessment of interprofessional socialization was measured in both groups using the Interprofessional Socialization and Values Scale (ISVS-21) before and after the activities. After the normality test, the inter-group difference (experimental vs. control groups) in the baseline ISVS score was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. The intra-group variation (within each, the experimental group and control group) in the ISVS-21 score (pre-post change) was analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. Results The baseline ISVS-21 score was 93 for the experimental group and 98 for the control group, p=0.321. The experimental group’s ISVS-21 score increased from 93 to 104 after the educational intervention, p<0.01. There were no statistically significant changes in the control group (p=0.174). Conclusions The educational activity, designed in accordance with the Khalili model and carried out with the nursing and psychology students, favors interprofessional socialization in a statistically significant way, as do other activities described in the scientific literature. This matter should be researched in greater depth, using comparative studies to analyze which activities are more effective and efficient.

scholarly journals Emotional recognition for simulated clinical environment using unpleasant odors: quasi-experimental study

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateus Henrique Gonçalves Meska ◽  
Leandro Yukio Mano ◽  
Janaina Pereira Silva ◽  
Gerson Alves Pereira Junior ◽  
Alessandra Mazzo
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Fermented Foods ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Objective: to compare the effect of exposure to unpleasant odors in a simulated clinical environment on the emotions of undergraduate nursing students. Method: quasi-experimental study. A total of 24 nursing students participated the study, divided into two groups, 12 in the intervention group with exposure to unpleasant odors, and 12 in the control group without exposure to unpleasant odors. To simulate the unpleasant vomiting odor in intervention group, fermented foods were used: boiled oats, curdled milk, spoiled Parmesan cheese, raw egg, pea soup, raisins and vinegar. Participants were filmed and the facial expression analysis was performed at six critical points: student approach; report of the complaint; clinical evaluation; and patient occurrence, intervention and reevaluation based on what was proposed by the Circumplex model of emotions recognition. Results: a total of 83,215 emotions related to the six critical points were verified. At the critical point of the proposed scenario with exposure to unpleasant odors, the intervention group presented the basic emotion of sadness and the Control Group, anger. Conclusion: it is inferred that the inclusion of unpleasant odors in the simulated scenarios can broaden the emotional development of health students.

scholarly journals Simulation-based Mastery Improved Nursing Skills in Bsc Nursing Students: A Quasi-experimental Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roghaye Mehdipour-rabori ◽  
Behnaz Bagheryan ◽  
monirsadat nematollahi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Abstract Background:Clinical education is an essential part of nursing education. Selected clinical teaching methods influence it. Simulation-based mastery learning has been used to improve clinical skills among nursing students and may provide a novel way to enhance nursing skills.The object of this study was to assessthe effect of the simulation-based mastery learning on the clinicalskills of undergraduate nursing students from 2017 till 2019.Methods:This study was a quasi-experimental study withtwo groups (the control and intervention).After receiving written consent, one 117 studentsselected random convenience sampling. The intervention group participated in a simulation-based mastery learning intervention, and the control group received no intervention except for traditional training.The students of both groups completed the demographic information questionnaire and the checklist before and after the intervention. The results were analyzed by SPSS version 21 using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results:The results showed that there were no significant differences between the two groups before the intervention (p> o.o5). Also, that students’ performance in the intervention group and control group improved significantly at the post-test compared to baseline(p<0.05), implying that the simulation-based mastery model of the intervention group significantly more effective compared to that of the control.Conclusion: Thesefindings showed that mastery learning strategy improved the clinical skills ofundergraduatenursing students.The results suggest that other nursing and health profession’s programs can develop a successful mastery-based learning model.

scholarly journals Exploring the Effect of Problem Based Facilitatory Teaching Approach on Motivation to Learn: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Nursing Students in Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Cleophace Millanzi ◽  
Stephen M. Kibusi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Teaching Pedagogy ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Study Participants

Abstract Background: Currently, there has been a progressive shortage of not only the number of frontline healthcare providers but also a decline in the quality of nursing care. Reports about unethical and illegal practices, under standard care and malpractices, are not uncommon around the globe. There is a growing concern to rethink the approaches on how nurses are prepared, explore, and test novel approaches for delivering the nursing curricula. This study tested the effect ofthe Problem Based Facilitatory Teaching Approach on motivation to learn among nursing students in Tanzania, higher learning institutions.Methods: A pre-post test controlled quasi-experimental study of purposively selected 401 participants was conducted between February and June 2018. The Auditing Inventory developed by the researcher measured the intervention and Questionnaire titled “Motivation to Learn Strategies in Nursing”, was adopted to measure the motivation to learn, respectively. Statistical Product for Service Solutions software program version 23 was used to perform analysis. A descriptive analysis was performed to analyze sociodemographic. Regression analysis was performed to determine the association between variables. This study was not a clinical randomized controlled trial and thus it has not been identified in the title and no summary of trial design, methods, results, and conclusion.Results: Findings revealed that 65.8% of the study participants were males. The post-test findings revealed that 70.3% of the study participants demonstrated motivation to learn contrary to 34.9% at baseline. Participants in an intervention group were 1.720 (AOR) times more likely to develop motivation to learn than the control group (p<0.05; 95%CI: 1.122, 2.635). In contrast, the intervention was less times likely to enhance Extrinsic motivation to learn (AOR = 0.676, p>0.05, 95%CI: 0.405, 1.129) and Amotivation (AOR = 0.538, p>0.05; 95%CI: 0.283, 1.022) in learning among nursing students respectively.Conclusion: Problem-based facilitatory pedagogy had positive effect on motivation to learn including intrinsic motivation than conventional teaching pedagogy. Thus, the approach has educational potentials to positively change the spectrum of nursing competency and quality of care. Thus, the move to adopt a problem-based facilitatory teaching pedagogy among nursing training institutions in Tanzania is worth considering and needs to be continued.

PLAY THERAPY TO REDUCE THE ANXIETY AMONG HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Dhara Yagnang Vyas ◽  
James Mikin ◽  
Thakkar Bhargavi ◽  
Bamaniya Dhara ◽  
Chaudhari Hetvi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

Play therapy helps to meet the emotional needs of children who have an illness or surgery & are in the hospital. A quasi-experimental outcome research study was conducted in two hospitals in different areas of Nadiad, with one assigned as the control and the other as the experimental hospital. Purposive sampling technique was used to select total 40 samples. Modied Anxiety Scale was used to assess the level of anxiety. The data was analyzed by using the descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of present study reveals that there is a reduced level of anxiety after administering the play therapy in experimental group. The mean pre-test anxiety score (53.70) was higher than the mean post-test (23.95) anxiety score in experimental group with the mean difference of 29.75, which shows there is a reduce level of anxiety after administering play therapy in experimental group. The post test anxiety score of control group (42.9) is higher thant the post test anxiety score (23.95) of experimental group, which shows there is a higher level of anxiety in control group. There is no signicant association between level of anxiety and demographic variables. The study concluded that there is a need of play therapy to reduce the anxiety and stress of hospitalized children.

scholarly journals The Impact of a New Pedagogical Intervention on Nursing Students’ Knowledge Acquisition in Simulation-Based Learning: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thor Arne Haukedal ◽  
Inger Åse Reierson ◽  
Hanne Hedeman ◽  
Ida Torunn Bjørk
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Patient Deterioration ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

Simulation-based learning is an effective technique for teaching nursing students’ skills and knowledge related to patient deterioration. This study examined students’ acquisition of theoretical knowledge about symptoms, pathophysiology, and nursing actions after implementing an educational intervention during simulation-based learning. A quasi-experimental study compared theoretical knowledge among two groups of students before and after implementation of the intervention. The intervention introduced the following new components to the existing technique: a knowledge test prior to the simulation, video-recording of the performance, and introduction of a structured observation form used by students and facilitator during observation and debriefing. The intervention group had significantly higher scores on a knowledge test conducted after the simulations in comparison to the scores in the control group. In both groups scores were highest on knowledge of symptoms and lowest on knowledge of pathophysiology; the intervention group had significantly higher scores than the control group on both topics. Students’ theoretical knowledge of patient deterioration may be enhanced by improving the students’ prerequisites for learning and by strengthening debriefing after simulation.

Teaching Psychomotor Skills to Beginning Nursing Students Using a Web-Enhanced Approach: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent L Salyers
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
New Graduate Nurses ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Skills Laboratory ◽  
New Graduate ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

To begin to address the problem of psychomotor skills deficiencies observed in many new graduate nurses, a skills laboratory course was developed using a web-enhanced approach. In this quasi-experimental study, the control group attended weekly lectures, observed skill demonstrations by faculty, practiced skills, and were evaluated on skill performance. The experimental group learned course content using a web-enhanced approach. This allowed students to learn course material outside of class at times convenient for them, thus they had more time during class to perfect psychomotor skills. The experimental group performed better on the final cognitive examination. Students in the traditional sections were more satisfied with the course, however. It was concluded that a web-enhanced approach for teaching psychomotor skills can provide a valid alternative to traditional skills laboratory formats.

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