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2024-10-26 @ 3:42 PM
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2024-10-26 @ 3:42 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06638203
Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-10-09
Brief Title:
The Effect of a Game on the Development of Leadership Behaviors of Nursing Students
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
The Effect of NurseLead in Progress Game on the Development of Transformational Leadership Behaviors of Nursing Students A Randomized Controlled Study
Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-10
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
RCT
Brief Summary:
The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to examine the effect of a leadership role-playing computer game on nursing students leadership practices The main questions it aims to answer are
RQ1 Will participants in the intervention group perform better on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test 5PELAT after the game
RQ1a Is the average score of the intervention group on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test significantly higher than the average score of the control group after the game
RQ1b Is the difference between pre-test and post-test scores on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test significantly greater in the intervention group compared to the control group
RQ2 Will participants in the intervention group report higher self-assessments of their own leadership practices after the game compared to the control group
RQ2a Is the average score of the intervention group on the Student Leadership Practices Inventory SLPI significantly higher than the average score of the control group after the game
RQ2b Is the difference between pre-test and post-test scores on the Student Leadership Practices Inventory significantly greater in the intervention group compared to the control group
Researchers will compare the leadership course game playing intervention to only getting the leadership course to see if the combined version works better in developing nursing students transformational leadership Participants will
Take the leadership course and play the leadership game or only take the course
Complete Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test 5PELAT and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory SLPI before and after the intervention
RQ1 Will participants in the intervention group perform better on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test 5PELAT after the game
RQ1a Is the average score of the intervention group on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test significantly higher than the average score of the control group after the game
RQ1b Is the difference between pre-test and post-test scores on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test significantly greater in the intervention group compared to the control group
RQ2 Will participants in the intervention group report higher self-assessments of their own leadership practices after the game compared to the control group
RQ2a Is the average score of the intervention group on the Student Leadership Practices Inventory SLPI significantly higher than the average score of the control group after the game
RQ2b Is the difference between pre-test and post-test scores on the Student Leadership Practices Inventory significantly greater in the intervention group compared to the control group
Researchers will compare the leadership course game playing intervention to only getting the leadership course to see if the combined version works better in developing nursing students transformational leadership Participants will
Take the leadership course and play the leadership game or only take the course
Complete Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test 5PELAT and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory SLPI before and after the intervention
Detailed Description:
Study Design The study is planned as a parallel group randomized controlled study to determine the effect of the NurseLead in Progress computer game on subjective and objective leadership measurement At the end of the study it is aimed to evaluate the effect of getting the leadership course only to combining it to a role-playing involved gameplay The experiment will not measure the effectiveness of the game intervention but its efficacy under ideal conditions In this context an explanatory design will be used Since the number of participants was previously calculated in the light of reference articles a fixed design will be used in terms of the number of participants CONSORT 2024 will be used for reporting the research
Settings and Participants The course and the game intervention will take place in the office of a nursing union a central location based in AnkaraTürkiye The population is the nursing students in AnkaraTürkiye as well In Ankara there are 4 public and 6 private universities that gives 4 years BSN education and total number of nursing students is nearly 5000 Based on the lowest effect size in the reference articles Foli et al 2014 Marath Ramachandra 2015 it was calculated that there should be 18 students in the groups with a ratio of n intervention n control1 to provide 80 power 099 effect size Cohens and 25 Type I error One-way hypothesis in order to compare two independent group averages In order to reach the largest sample size to test all hypotheses it was planned to include 25 students each in the intervention and control groups with an estimated 25 dropout rate in the groups considering the long-term data collection phase and the variability in motivation to participate in extracurricular activities The inclusion and exclusion criteria is mentioned elsewhere The nursing students meet the inclusion criteria will be informed about the purpose content and method of the study and the sample group experimental and control will be formed by obtaining written permission from those who voluntarily agree to participate in the study Determination of the experimental and control groups will be provided by httpswwwrandomizerorg website
Instruments Author prepared Introductory Information Form will be used to investigate baseline comparisons Author-prepared Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test 5PELAT will be used to collect objective data on the leadership development In addition Student Leadership Practices Inventory SLPI by Kouzes and Posner will be used to collect nursing students perspective on their leadership development
The Introductory Information form consists of two parts The first part includes 10 questions about students individual and academic characteristics and the second part includes 10 questions about their participation in professional activities
Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test consists of 10 questions each with five options on a sample scenario analyzed according to the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model It will be administered to all participants in the pre-test and post-test in order to provide an objective assessment of the change in leadership behaviors The questions have been prepared together with experts and finalized with the opinions of a widely participated expert panel
The Student Leadership Practices Inventory developed by Kouzes and Posner for undergraduate students to assess their own leadership practices has 5 sub-dimensions The sub-dimensions of the inventory which consists of 30 questions in total are modeling the way inspiring a shared vision challenging the process enabling others to act and and encouraging the heart The 5-point Likert scale has no reverse items There are 6 questions for each sub-dimension The scores that can be obtained from each sub-dimension are between 6-30 The total score that can be obtained from the scale is between 30-150 The higher the score obtained from the scale the more positive the students attitude towards their own leadership practices It is planned to be applied as a pre and posttest to measure the participants evaluations of their leadership behaviors The inventory will be applied in Turkish format and the related adaptation study was carried out by the authors and presented as an oral presentation at the 8th International 19th National Nursing Congress at Hacettepe University Sıhhiye Cultural Center on September 25-28 2024 Cronbachs alpha coefficient for the self-assessment version to be used in the experiment was 959 The CVR values were above 09 and each CVI for the sub-dimensions was above 097 In confirmatory factor analysis all factor loads were above 030
Data Collection
Pre-Randomization Before randomization we will invite all eligible students to participate in the study by signing a voluntary consent form An independent expert A not affiliated with the research team will assess the students eligibility based on inclusion and exclusion criteria From those who meet the criteria another independent expert B will use appropriate software to randomly select 50 participants through systematic random selection
Randomization and Blinding An independent expert C will randomly allocate the 50 selected students into control and intervention groups using block randomization Blinding process is detailed in elsewhere
Consent Collection and Leadership Course Implementation We will provide all participating students n50 with Voluntary Consent Forms and ask them to return the signed forms Following this we will conduct a 2-hour Leadership Training Program The program aims to refresh participants theoretical knowledge of leadership offer insights into key elements for effective leader-follower interactions and ensure that all participants have a similar level of theoretical understanding and practical potential before the intervention Additionally the program will include case study discussions based on the Exemplary Leadership Framework
Administration of Introductory Information Form and Pre-Test All students who complete the training program will fill out the introductory form which is designed to identify any initial differences At the same time each participant will take the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory
Game Implementation After completing the course participants in the intervention group will engage in the game Designed for five students per session the game consists of five sections and lasts approximately one hour Each section aligns with one of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership In each section one student will assume the role of the leader while the other four act as followers The games main objective is to guide a newly appointed charge nurse in making the right decisions when faced with challenges ultimately achieving the final goals After the game a debriefing session will be held where responses will be analyzed with experts and students Performance in the game will not be formally measured as it is purely a learning experience designed to provide opportunities for students to lead and effectively share as followers The game is intended to activate the experiential learning phase of Kolbs Learning Model
Post-Test Two weeks after the intervention group completes the game and feedback sessions the post-test will be administered Both the intervention and control groups will take the achievement test and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory The achievement test in this phase will be identical in scenario and questions to the first test
Data Analysis The data will be analyzed using the SPSS 250 package program The descriptive characteristics of the participants will be analyzed using means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies and percentages for categorical variables Differences in characteristics between the intervention and control groups will be analyzed using independent t-tests or chi-square tests In addition the initial comparability of the groups ie the success of random assignment will be statistically tested Paired t-tests will be used to analyze within-group outcome differences between the pretest and posttest For one-way hypothesis tests all results with p025 will be considered statistically significant ITT and PP analyses will be used to analyze the data of the participants who were separated from the control and intervention groups within the sample If the characteristics of the data are appropriate analyses such as cox regression Manova multivariate regression two-way analysis of variance in repeated measures will also be performed to analyze whether the outcome is caused by the intervention causality
Ethical Considerations Ethical approval was obtained from Hacettepe Universitys Social Sciences and Humanities Researches Ethics Board Additionally permission was secured from Kouzes and Posner for the adaptation of the leadership inventory and approval for its use was granted by Wiley Institutional permissions were obtained from the relevant union for the office where the intervention will take place Participation in the game development and gameplay will be free of charge for the participants Furthermore their travel expenses to the office where the trial will be conducted will be covered by Researcher 1 Participants within each group will be selected from different universities ensuring that no group consists of students from the same institution
Settings and Participants The course and the game intervention will take place in the office of a nursing union a central location based in AnkaraTürkiye The population is the nursing students in AnkaraTürkiye as well In Ankara there are 4 public and 6 private universities that gives 4 years BSN education and total number of nursing students is nearly 5000 Based on the lowest effect size in the reference articles Foli et al 2014 Marath Ramachandra 2015 it was calculated that there should be 18 students in the groups with a ratio of n intervention n control1 to provide 80 power 099 effect size Cohens and 25 Type I error One-way hypothesis in order to compare two independent group averages In order to reach the largest sample size to test all hypotheses it was planned to include 25 students each in the intervention and control groups with an estimated 25 dropout rate in the groups considering the long-term data collection phase and the variability in motivation to participate in extracurricular activities The inclusion and exclusion criteria is mentioned elsewhere The nursing students meet the inclusion criteria will be informed about the purpose content and method of the study and the sample group experimental and control will be formed by obtaining written permission from those who voluntarily agree to participate in the study Determination of the experimental and control groups will be provided by httpswwwrandomizerorg website
Instruments Author prepared Introductory Information Form will be used to investigate baseline comparisons Author-prepared Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test 5PELAT will be used to collect objective data on the leadership development In addition Student Leadership Practices Inventory SLPI by Kouzes and Posner will be used to collect nursing students perspective on their leadership development
The Introductory Information form consists of two parts The first part includes 10 questions about students individual and academic characteristics and the second part includes 10 questions about their participation in professional activities
Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test consists of 10 questions each with five options on a sample scenario analyzed according to the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model It will be administered to all participants in the pre-test and post-test in order to provide an objective assessment of the change in leadership behaviors The questions have been prepared together with experts and finalized with the opinions of a widely participated expert panel
The Student Leadership Practices Inventory developed by Kouzes and Posner for undergraduate students to assess their own leadership practices has 5 sub-dimensions The sub-dimensions of the inventory which consists of 30 questions in total are modeling the way inspiring a shared vision challenging the process enabling others to act and and encouraging the heart The 5-point Likert scale has no reverse items There are 6 questions for each sub-dimension The scores that can be obtained from each sub-dimension are between 6-30 The total score that can be obtained from the scale is between 30-150 The higher the score obtained from the scale the more positive the students attitude towards their own leadership practices It is planned to be applied as a pre and posttest to measure the participants evaluations of their leadership behaviors The inventory will be applied in Turkish format and the related adaptation study was carried out by the authors and presented as an oral presentation at the 8th International 19th National Nursing Congress at Hacettepe University Sıhhiye Cultural Center on September 25-28 2024 Cronbachs alpha coefficient for the self-assessment version to be used in the experiment was 959 The CVR values were above 09 and each CVI for the sub-dimensions was above 097 In confirmatory factor analysis all factor loads were above 030
Data Collection
Pre-Randomization Before randomization we will invite all eligible students to participate in the study by signing a voluntary consent form An independent expert A not affiliated with the research team will assess the students eligibility based on inclusion and exclusion criteria From those who meet the criteria another independent expert B will use appropriate software to randomly select 50 participants through systematic random selection
Randomization and Blinding An independent expert C will randomly allocate the 50 selected students into control and intervention groups using block randomization Blinding process is detailed in elsewhere
Consent Collection and Leadership Course Implementation We will provide all participating students n50 with Voluntary Consent Forms and ask them to return the signed forms Following this we will conduct a 2-hour Leadership Training Program The program aims to refresh participants theoretical knowledge of leadership offer insights into key elements for effective leader-follower interactions and ensure that all participants have a similar level of theoretical understanding and practical potential before the intervention Additionally the program will include case study discussions based on the Exemplary Leadership Framework
Administration of Introductory Information Form and Pre-Test All students who complete the training program will fill out the introductory form which is designed to identify any initial differences At the same time each participant will take the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Achievement Test and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory
Game Implementation After completing the course participants in the intervention group will engage in the game Designed for five students per session the game consists of five sections and lasts approximately one hour Each section aligns with one of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership In each section one student will assume the role of the leader while the other four act as followers The games main objective is to guide a newly appointed charge nurse in making the right decisions when faced with challenges ultimately achieving the final goals After the game a debriefing session will be held where responses will be analyzed with experts and students Performance in the game will not be formally measured as it is purely a learning experience designed to provide opportunities for students to lead and effectively share as followers The game is intended to activate the experiential learning phase of Kolbs Learning Model
Post-Test Two weeks after the intervention group completes the game and feedback sessions the post-test will be administered Both the intervention and control groups will take the achievement test and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory The achievement test in this phase will be identical in scenario and questions to the first test
Data Analysis The data will be analyzed using the SPSS 250 package program The descriptive characteristics of the participants will be analyzed using means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies and percentages for categorical variables Differences in characteristics between the intervention and control groups will be analyzed using independent t-tests or chi-square tests In addition the initial comparability of the groups ie the success of random assignment will be statistically tested Paired t-tests will be used to analyze within-group outcome differences between the pretest and posttest For one-way hypothesis tests all results with p025 will be considered statistically significant ITT and PP analyses will be used to analyze the data of the participants who were separated from the control and intervention groups within the sample If the characteristics of the data are appropriate analyses such as cox regression Manova multivariate regression two-way analysis of variance in repeated measures will also be performed to analyze whether the outcome is caused by the intervention causality
Ethical Considerations Ethical approval was obtained from Hacettepe Universitys Social Sciences and Humanities Researches Ethics Board Additionally permission was secured from Kouzes and Posner for the adaptation of the leadership inventory and approval for its use was granted by Wiley Institutional permissions were obtained from the relevant union for the office where the intervention will take place Participation in the game development and gameplay will be free of charge for the participants Furthermore their travel expenses to the office where the trial will be conducted will be covered by Researcher 1 Participants within each group will be selected from different universities ensuring that no group consists of students from the same institution
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None