Effect of 'Empathy Dress' and Exercise on Midwifery Students' Discomfort, Empathy and Compassionate Love Levels

Amasya University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Love

Empathy

Discomfort

Treatments

Behavioral: The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05731921

Amasya Univ

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises, every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Full description

Midwifery education consists of two parts, theoretical and clinical, which complement each other. Educators in the field of midwifery should strengthen students' skills before going to the clinic by following innovative training techniques. In this context, it is recommended that the simulation supported midwifery education model be used, disseminated and included in the curriculum of midwifery departments, as it contributes to students.To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University. A total of 62 midwifery student (31 experimental, 31 control) are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire- TEQ", "Evaluation Scale for Physical Discomfort", and "The Compassionate Love Scale". In the study, an exercise program that includes a total of eight sessions (two months) of 'Empathy Dress' and some exercises (stairs going up and down, sitting up, putting on trousers, tying shoes, etc.), every week and 20 minutes per week to the midwifery students in the experimental group, by the researcher. The expected result of the study is to determine whether the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' is an effective intervention in increasing the empathy and compassionate love levels in midwifery students. In addition, the effect of the 'Empathy Dress' and exercise program on the physical discomfort levels of midwifery students is investigated. It is thought that the results of the study will improve the empathy and sensitive love levels of midwifery students and increase the quality of midwifery care offered.

Enrollment

57 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Volunteering to participate in the study
Absence of a defined psychiatric disorder
There is no problem that prevents communication

Exclusion criteria

Those who have movement system problems that prevent them from exercising with increasing weights by adapting to their pregnancy weeks,
Individuals who do not meet the inclusion criteria or who do not volunteer to participate in the research despite meeting them will be excluded from the study.