The Effects of Documentary and Psychiatric Interviewing Methods in Psychiatric Nursing Education

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Psychiatric interview and documentary: Nursing students who interview psychiatric patients will be provided with an "Interaction Form" to systematically evaluate and record their interviews. This form consists of the following columns: date of interview, duration of interview, duration of interview, verbal/non-verbal statements of the nurse and patient, effective communication technique and evaluation. The duration of the interview is expected to be between 30 and 45 minutes. Another component of the combination is the documentary "Us, You, Them" prepared by the Federation of Schizophrenia Associations of Turkey, which deals with the life stories of schizophrenia patients and lasts approximately 56 minutes.

Psychiatric interview: Nursing students who interview psychiatric patients will be provided with an "Interaction Form" to systematically evaluate and record their interviews. This form consists of the following columns: date of interview, duration of interview, duration of interview, verbal/non-verbal statements of the nurse and patient, effective communication technique and evaluation. The duration of the interview is expected to be between 30 and 45 minutes.

Study summary

Negative attitudes towards mental illnesses are an important problem that negatively affects both the social lives of individuals and the effectiveness of health services. Addressing these prejudices, developing empathy and promoting a patient-centred care approach are key goals that can be achieved through clinical experiences and structured educational programmes for nursing students. This single-centre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial aims to examine the effects of documentaries and psychiatric interviews on nursing students' implicit associations, discriminatory attitudes and empathy skills towards mental illnesses. Within the scope of the study, nursing students working in a psychiatric ward will be divided into two groups: one group will work with documentaries including psychiatric interviews and patient narratives, while the other group will only conduct psychiatric interviews. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) and the Attitudes Towards Mental Patients Scale will be used to assess students' implicit associations and attitudes towards psychiatric patients, and the Jefferson Empathy Scale will assess their level of empathy. Data analysis will be performed using SPSS 25.0 software. Given the widespread stigmatisation of psychiatric patients, this study is expected to make a significant contribution to improving the quality of care provided by nursing students in psychiatric settings.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• The Implicit Association Test (IAT) — Within 24 hours after 3 psychiatric interviews and documentary for the experimental group and after 3 psychiatric interviews for the control group
  The Implicit Association Test (IAT), part of Harvard University's Project Implicit, is designed to measure whether psychiatric patients are perceived as dangerous. This test aims to reveal associations that individuals have at an automatic and unconscious level that they do not consciously express. This test, which is especially used for stigmatization studies related to mental health, implicitly measures how dangerous or harmless the participants find psychiatric patients. It examines how quickly participants mentally associate psychiatric patients with positive or negative concepts such as danger or trust. The concepts that are matched faster reflect the implicit attitudes of the person, revealing their unconscious perceptions towards individuals with mental illness.
• The Attitudes Towards Mental Patients Scale — Within 24 hours after 3 psychiatric interviews and documentary for the experimental group and after 3 psychiatric interviews for the control group
  The Attitude Towards Mental Patients Scale, developed by Sedat Işıklı in 1998, was prepared to measure a specific psychological construct. The scale consists of 22 items and includes two factors: 'short-term relationships' and 'long-term relationships'. The short-term relationship factors include items 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22. These items reflect attitudes towards shorter-term social relationships in general and towards situations that do not threaten the respondent's personal space. The Long-Term Relationships Factor includes items 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 19 and assesses attitudes towards longer-term and closer relationships. The scale is scored on a 5-point Likert scale: 5=Strongly agree, 4=Agree, 3=No opinion, 2=Disagree, and 1=Strongly disagree. High scores indicate a positive attitude.

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