The Effect of Visual Video With Korotkoff Sounds on Blood Pressure Measurement Skills and Anxiety Levels

TC Erciyes University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Other: video with korotkoff sounds

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05326685

31

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of visual video with korotkoff sounds on nursing students' blood presssure measurement skills and anxiety levels.

Methods: This was a randomized controlled experimental study conducted at the nursing department of the faculty of health sciences of a university. Intervention participants were shown and listened visual video with korotkoff sounds before blood presssure measurement. Aural and visual video containing Korotkoff sounds were shown to the students before the practice.

Full description

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of visual video with korotkoff sounds on nursing students' blood presssure measurement skills and anxiety levels.

Methods: This was a randomized controlled experimental study conducted at the nursing department of the faculty of health sciences of a university. Intervention participants were shown and listened visual video with korotkoff sounds before blood presssure measurement. Aural and visual video containing Korotkoff sounds were shown to the students before the practice. The data of the research were collected with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory short version (STAIS-5, STAIT-5) and the Student introduction form.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Studying in the first year of the nursing department in the 2021-2022 academic year,
• Taking the "pulse and blood pressure measurement" course and laboratory practice
• Students who agree to participate in the study will be included.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous manual blood pressure measurement experience,
• Those who do not participate in the theoretical part of the "pulse and blood pressure measurement" course,
• Students who do not attend the lesson on the day of the applications will not be included.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

video with korotkoff sounds

Treatment:

Other: video with korotkoff sounds

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

standart practice