The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Nursing Students

Necmettin Erbakan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Treatments: Other: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06037005

BDTNurse

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives: This research was planned to examine the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on the post-traumatic stress symptoms of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: Single-blinded study with parallel groups. Setting: Faculty of Nursing. Participants: 60 first-year students studying at the Faculty of Nursing were randomly assigned to the intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups.

Method: Data were collected using the Information Form prepared by the researcher and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5. The intervention group was collected online three times, before the cognitive behavioral group therapy, at the end of the therapy and three months later. Group intervention program based on cognitive behavioral approach of ten sessions; face-to-face, the intervention group was divided into two separate groups and each group was completed in approximately one and a half months (May-June 2022), two days a week. Follow-up measurement was completed in September 2022. While group therapy was applied to the intervention group, no intervention was made to the control group.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a first year nursing student

Exclusion criteria

• Being a foreign student
• Having a psychiatric diagnosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Expert support was received from the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Practitioner and Trainer of the Turkish Psychiatric Association in the creation of the sessions. The researcher applying the therapy has a CBT practitioner certificate. Group intervention program based on cognitive behavioral approach of ten sessions; It was completed in approximately one and a half months (May-June 2022) in the Faculty of Nursing, by dividing the experimental group into two separate groups, two days a week for each group. Each session was held for approximately one hour. The last measurement was made three months after the last therapy session (September 2022).

Treatment:

Other: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

While group therapy was applied to the experimental group, no intervention was made to the control group.