Crossword Puzzle Activity on Students' Knowledge Level

Necmettin Erbakan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knowledge

Treatments: Other: active learning method (crossword puzzle)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07242755

GIU-2025-26

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a crossword puzzle activity designed for nursing students on their knowledge levels regarding safe medication practices. Students will be divided into two groups: the intervention group will complete a course-related crossword puzzle activity, and the control group will receive standard theoretical instruction.

Full description

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a crossword puzzle activity designed for nursing students on their knowledge levels regarding safe medication practices. Students will be divided into two groups: the intervention group will complete a course-related crossword puzzle activity for seven weeks, and the control group will receive standard theoretical instruction.Students will be randomly assigned to groups. A knowledge test on safe medication practices will be administered before the intervention and at the end of the 7-week period.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Being in the final year of nursing
• Taking the safe medication practices course for the first time

Exclusion criteria

• Being a foreign national and having problems reading and understanding Turkish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

crossword puzzle

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to theoretical topics, the intervention group will participate in a puzzle activity related to the topic covered in the course for 7 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: active learning method (crossword puzzle)

control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive standard theoretical training.