Development of a Pharmacology Education Program on Nursing Care for Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome Patients

JRCT ID: jRCT1060220092

Registered date:01/02/2023

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: nephrotic syndrome
• Date of first enrollment: 01/02/2023
• Target sample size: 80
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): This study is an intervention through an educational program using on-demand materials. It consists of a screening period after obtaining consent, an intervention period for the educational program, and a post-intervention observation period. Screening through a post-consent survey will be conducted within 2 weeks prior to random assignment, and enrollment will be conducted after confirming that selection criteria are met and that exclusion criteria are not violated. After enrollment, random assignment will be made and a survey will be administered via the Internet, including items assessing baseline knowledge status and willingness to practice nursing. Study subjects in the course group will then begin taking the educational program within one week of the initial survey. A post-evaluation will be conducted via the Internet within one week after the completion of the course. Four weeks after that evaluation, a post-observation period post-evaluation will be conducted. The target group will be surveyed at the same time as the enrollment group.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: The change in mean scores from baseline to post-assessment for total scores measured by a test assessing knowledge of nursing care for patients with childhood nephrotic syndrome will be compared between the two groups.

Secondary Outcome

Mean change from baseline to 4-week post-evaluation and change over time in "Attitudes Toward Nursing Practice" as measured by the Test of Knowledge of Nursing Care of Children with Nephrotic Syndrome
Change from baseline to 4-week post-evaluation mean change in total test scores as measured by the Test of Knowledge of Nursing Care of Patients with Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
Change in mean change from baseline to 4-weeks post assessment and change over time for unit-specific test total scores as measured by the Test of Knowledge in Nursing Care of Children with Nephrotic Syndrome

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1) Working in a ward where children are hospitalized at the time of obtaining consent
2) Have treated pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome
3) Have performed work related to synthetic corticosteroids for patients with nephrotic syndrome

Exclude criteria

(1) Those who do not have access to the Internet, as the educational program will be made available on the Internet.
(2) Other subjects deemed inappropriate by the principal investigator

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Shunsuke Kanayama
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Academy of Nursing Education