Pain AssessmentNCT06939894
The Effects of Drama Activities on Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Pain Assessment
A study testing Drama activities in people with Pain Assessment, run by Necmettin Erbakan University at 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
Title: The Effect of Drama-Based Education on Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Pain Assessment: A Randomized Controlled Trial Abstract: This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of drama-based education on nursing students' attitudes toward pain assessment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Pain Assessment
- What is being tested?
- Drama activities
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 52 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 23 Oct 2025to 6 May 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 25 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
None listed.
Who cannot join
- students who wish to withdraw from research
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)2 sites
Necmettin Erbakan University
Meram, Konya
Necmettin Erbakan University
Meram
About this study
Official title: The Effects of Drama Activities on Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Pain Assessment: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Title:
The Effect of Drama-Based Education on Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Pain Assessment: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Abstract:
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of drama-based education on nursing students' attitudes toward pain assessment. The study will be conducted during the 2025-2026 academic year at Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Nursing. A total of 52 second-year students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups.
The intervention group will attend a one-day drama workshop involving role-play, improvisation, and reflection activities focused on pain assessment. The control group will not receive any intervention. Attitudes will be measured using a validated scale at three points: before the intervention, one month after, and six months after.
Data will be analyzed using SPSS with a significance level of p < 0.05. It is anticipated that the intervention group will show improved attitudes compared to the control group.
This study may provide evidence for integrating drama-based methods into nursing education to enhance students' sensitivity and competence in pain assessment.
Keywords:
Nursing education, pain assessment, drama, student attitudes,
Read the detailed description
This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial using a pretest-posttest design to examine the effect of drama-based education on nursing students' attitudes toward pain assessment. The research will be conducted during the 2025-2026 academic year at the Faculty of Nursing, Necmettin Erbakan University (NEU), which offers education in nine nursing departments. The study population consists of second-year nursing students (n=160). The sample will include students whose native language is Turkish, who have not received any formal education in pain management, and who volunteer to participate. Sample size was calculated using G*Power 3.1.9.2, based on Cohen's conventional effect size (d=0.80, power=0.80, two sided), resulting in a total of 52 students (26 in each group), allowing for potential attrition.
Participants will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups via random.org by an independent statistician. Data will be collected face-to-face using a Descriptive Information Form and the Attitudes of Nursing Students Toward Pain Assessment Scale. The intervention group will participate in a one-day drama-based workshop designed by a certified drama leader, focusing on pain assessment. The attitude scale will be administered before the intervention, one month later (November 2025), and approximately six months later (at 2025-2026 academic year). The control group will complete the same data collection tools at equivalent time points without receiving any intervention.
Drama activities will follow the preparation, enactment, and reflection phases, utilizing techniques such as role-play, improvisation, and pantomime. The dependent variable is the mean attitude score toward pain assessment; the independent variable is the drama activity, while control variables include age, gender, knowledge of pain assessment methods and tools, prior education in pain management, and clinical experience with patients in pain. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software, applying descriptive statistics and appropriate parametric or non-parametric tests based on normality. Significance will be set at p<0.05.
Ethical approval will be obtained from the NEU Scientific Research Ethics Committee and the Faculty of Nursing. Written and verbal informed consent will be collected from all participants. Permission to use the attitude scale has been granted by the original authors. After data collection, the drama intervention will also be offered to the control group to ensure ethical balance.
Keywords: Nursing education, pain assessment, drama-based intervention, student attitudes
- Conditions
- Pain Assessment
- Being tested
- Drama activities
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Drama activitiesBehavioural
iintervention group will paticipate drrama activities aabout pain assessment of a patient.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| control | No intervention | no intervention, usual curriculum. |
| Drama | Experimental | will take drama activities Receives: Behavioral: Drama activities |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
pain assessment attitudes of students
Students will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. Students in the intervention group will fill out the introductory characteristics form and the nursing students' attitudes towards pain assessment scale after being assigned to the group and will then participate in drama activities prepared for pain assessment for one day. The students' attitudes towards pain assessment scale will be filled out again by the students one month after the intervention (November 2025) and approximately six months later (at 2025-2026 academic year). Students in the control group will fill out the introductory characteristics form and scale on the same dates as the experimental group without any intervention.
Measured: Day 0, month 1., and month 6.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Apr 2025
- Study start23 Oct 2025
- Primary completion6 May 2026
- Study completion6 May 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Pain AssessmentStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Necmettin Erbakan UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Gulden Basit, Necmettin Erbakan University
- Investigators
- Gülden Basit, Study chair, Necmettin Erbakan University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06939894
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NEU-GB-OB-1
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 11 Apr 2025
- Last updated
- 7 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effects of Drama Activities on Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Pain Assessment: A Randomised Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06939894
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NEU-GB-OB-1
- Conditions
- Pain Assessment
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 23 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 6 May 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 6 May 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 23 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Title:
The Effect of Drama-Based Education on Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Pain Assessment: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract:
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of drama-based education on nursing students' attitudes toward pain assessment. The study will be conducted during the 2025-2026 academic year at Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Nursing. A total of 52 second-year students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups.
The intervention group will attend a one-day drama workshop involving role-play, improvisation, and reflection activities focused on pain assessment. The control group will not receive any intervention. Attitudes will be measured using a validated scale at three points: before the intervention, one month after, and six months after.
Data will be analyzed using SPSS with a significance level of p < 0.05. It is anticipated that the intervention group will show improved attitudes compared to the control group.
This study may provide evidence for integrating drama-based methods into nursing education to enhance students' sensitivity and competence in pain assessment.
Keywords:
Nursing education, pain assessment, drama, student attitudes,
Detailed description
This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial using a pretest-posttest design to examine the effect of drama-based education on nursing students' attitudes toward pain assessment. The research will be conducted during the 2025-2026 academic year at the Faculty of Nursing, Necmettin Erbakan University (NEU), which offers education in nine nursing departments. The study population consists of second-year nursing students (n=160). The sample will include students whose native language is Turkish, who have not received any formal education in pain management, and who volunteer to participate. Sample size was calculated using G*Power 3.1.9.2, based on Cohen's conventional effect size (d=0.80, power=0.80, two sided), resulting in a total of 52 students (26 in each group), allowing for potential attrition.
Participants will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups via random.org by an independent statistician. Data will be collected face-to-face using a Descriptive Information Form and the Attitudes of Nursing Students Toward Pain Assessment Scale. The intervention group will participate in a one-day drama-based workshop designed by a certified drama leader, focusing on pain assessment. The attitude scale will be administered before the intervention, one month later (November 2025), and approximately six months later (at 2025-2026 academic year). The control group will complete the same data collection tools at equivalent time points without receiving any intervention.
Drama activities will follow the preparation, enactment, and reflection phases, utilizing techniques such as role-play, improvisation, and pantomime. The dependent variable is the mean attitude score toward pain assessment; the independent variable is the drama activity, while control variables include age, gender, knowledge of pain assessment methods and tools, prior education in pain management, and clinical experience with patients in pain. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software, applying descriptive statistics and appropriate parametric or non-parametric tests based on normality. Significance will be set at p<0.05.
Ethical approval will be obtained from the NEU Scientific Research Ethics Committee and the Faculty of Nursing. Written and verbal informed consent will be collected from all participants. Permission to use the attitude scale has been granted by the original authors. After data collection, the drama intervention will also be offered to the control group to ensure ethical balance.
Keywords: Nursing education, pain assessment, drama-based intervention, student attitudes
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| control | No intervention | –no intervention, usual curriculum. |
| Drama | Experimental | Behavioral: Drama activitieswill take drama activities |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (0 listed)
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- students who wish to withdraw from research
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Drama activitiesiintervention group will paticipate drrama activities aabout pain assessment of a patient. | Behavioural | Drama |
Primary outcome
pain assessment attitudes of students
Time frame: Day 0, month 1., and month 6.
Students will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. Students in the intervention group will fill out the introductory characteristics form and the nursing students' attitudes towards pain assessment scale after being assigned to the group and will then participate in drama activities prepared for pain assessment for one day. The students' attitudes towards pain assessment scale will be filled out again by the students one month after the intervention (November 2025) and approximately six months later (at 2025-2026 academic year). Students in the control group will fill out the introductory characteristics form and scale on the same dates as the experimental group without any intervention.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 May 2026.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Gülden Basit study chair
Necmettin Erbakan University
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Drama activities in people with Pain Assessment, run by Necmettin Erbakan University at 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 0 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
pain assessment attitudes of students (time frame: Day 0, month 1., and month 6.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 May 2026.