Self-EfficacyNCT07257159
End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program for Senior Nursing Students
A study testing The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program in people with Self-Efficacy and Attitude, run by Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
In this study, between 1 April- 31 May 2025, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 59 senior nursing students who are with 4th year nursing students starting the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin University and Sakarya Applied Sciences University. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Self-Efficacy, Attitude, End-of-Life Care
- What is being tested?
- The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 59 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2025to 30 Jun 2025
- 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 65 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- final-year nursing students
- consent to take part voluntarily
- accessed to the required technology and competencies for attending online sessions
Who cannot join
- failed to complete the data collection tools in full
- missed intervention sessions
- chosed to withdraw at any point during the intervention or follow-up phase
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
Çankırı Karatekin University
Çankırı, Center, 18100
About this study
Official title: End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program for Senior Nursing Students: Effects on Attitudes and Self-Efficacy in a Randomized Controlled Trial
In this study, between 1 April- 31 May 2025, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 59 senior nursing students who are with 4th year nursing students starting the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin University and Sakarya Applied Sciences University.
Read the detailed description
The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection.
- Conditions
- Self-Efficacy, Attitude, End-of-Life Care
- Being tested
- The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program
- Keywords
- Death education, End-Of-Life, Nursing students, Self-efficacy
- Medical subject headings
- Behavior, Death
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
The End-of-Life Care Preparedness ProgramOther
The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection. Receives: Other: The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program |
| Control | No intervention | There will be no training or intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
End-of-Life and Postmortem Self-Efficacy Scale (ELPSES)
This instrument was evaluate nursing students' self-efficacy regarding end-of-life and postmortem care. The scale consists of 18 items and is formatted as a visual analog scale. For each item, participants indicate their perceived level of self-efficacy on a continuum from 0 (not confident at all) to 100 (extremely confident) using a slider mechanism. The overall self-efficacy score is calculated by averaging responses across items. In the original development study, the Cronbach's alpha for the scale was reported as 0.93.
Measured: Change from before education (Time 0) and after education (four weeks-Time 1) up to after the at the end of the education one month later (Time 2).
Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD)
The FATCOD, originally developed by Frommelt (1991), was used to assess participants' attitudes toward caring for dying patients. The Turkish adaptation and validation of the scale was conducted by Çevik and Kav (2013). The scale contains 30 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and includes both positively and negatively worded statements. Negative items are reverse-coded before computing the total score, which ranges from 30 to 150, with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward caring for dying patients. In the Turkish validation study, the Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was reported as 0.73.
Measured: Change from before education (Time 0) and after education (four weeks-Time 1) up to after the at the end of the education one month later (Time 2).
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Dec 2025
- Study start1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion31 May 2025
- Study completion30 Jun 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Self-EfficacyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The study was planned as a prospective (pre-post-fallow up test), two-armed (1:1), randomized controlled experimental study. This randomized controlled trial will be reported according to the CONSORT guidelines.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 59 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU, Mersin University
- Investigators
- Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU, PhD, Principal investigator, Çankırı Karatekin University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07257159
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- KaratekinU
- Status last verified
- Dec 2025
- First submitted
- 20 Nov 2025
- Last updated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program for Senior Nursing Students: Effects on Attitudes and Self-Efficacy in a Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07257159
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- KaratekinU
- Conditions
- Self-Efficacy, Attitude, End-of-Life Care
- Keywords
- Death education, End-Of-Life, Nursing students, Self-efficacy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 59 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Hilal ALTUNDAL DURUUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 May 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jun 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 Dec 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.
In this study, between 1 April- 31 May 2025, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 59 senior nursing students who are with 4th year nursing students starting the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin University and Sakarya Applied Sciences University.
Detailed description
The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The study was planned as a prospective (pre-post-fallow up test), two-armed (1:1), randomized controlled experimental study. This randomized controlled trial will be reported according to the CONSORT guidelines.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Other: The End-of-Life Care Preparedness ProgramThe End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection. |
| Control | No intervention | –There will be no training or intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- final-year nursing students
- consent to take part voluntarily
- accessed to the required technology and competencies for attending online sessions
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- failed to complete the data collection tools in full
- missed intervention sessions
- chosed to withdraw at any point during the intervention or follow-up phase
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The End-of-Life Care Preparedness ProgramThe End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection. | Other | Intervention |
Primary outcome
End-of-Life and Postmortem Self-Efficacy Scale (ELPSES)
Time frame: Change from before education (Time 0) and after education (four weeks-Time 1) up to after the at the end of the education one month later (Time 2).
This instrument was evaluate nursing students' self-efficacy regarding end-of-life and postmortem care. The scale consists of 18 items and is formatted as a visual analog scale. For each item, participants indicate their perceived level of self-efficacy on a continuum from 0 (not confident at all) to 100 (extremely confident) using a slider mechanism. The overall self-efficacy score is calculated by averaging responses across items. In the original development study, the Cronbach's alpha for the scale was reported as 0.93.
Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD)
Time frame: Change from before education (Time 0) and after education (four weeks-Time 1) up to after the at the end of the education one month later (Time 2).
The FATCOD, originally developed by Frommelt (1991), was used to assess participants' attitudes toward caring for dying patients. The Turkish adaptation and validation of the scale was conducted by Çevik and Kav (2013). The scale contains 30 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and includes both positively and negatively worded statements. Negative items are reverse-coded before computing the total score, which ranges from 30 to 150, with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward caring for dying patients. In the Turkish validation study, the Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was reported as 0.73.
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 9 Dec 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU, PhD principal investigator
Çankırı Karatekin University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program in people with Self-Efficacy and Attitude, run by Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU at 1 site 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 3 inclusion and 3 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 9 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site 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?
End-of-Life and Postmortem Self-Efficacy Scale (ELPSES) (time frame: Change from before education (Time 0) and after education (four weeks-Time 1) up to after the at the end of the education one month later (Time 2).). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 9 Dec 2025.