Evaluation of Internet-Based Training in Trauma Care for Nurses in Mental Health Welfare Centers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

J Prim Care Community Health. 2023 Jan-Dec:14:21501319231181982. doi: 10.1177/21501319231181982.

Abstract

Objective: This study evaluates the efficacy of Internet-Based Training in Trauma Care for Nurses (IBTTCN) to improve nurses' trauma intervention self-efficacy, professional quality of life, and attitudes and knowledge about post-traumatic stress disorder.

Methods: Forty-one nurses participated from May to July 2021. The assessment points were at baseline (T1), immediately after program completion (4 weeks; T2), and 1 month after T2 (T3). Data were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis and generalized estimating equations.

Results: In the intervention group, trauma intervention self-efficacy increased significantly after the IBTTCN, and the effect of such self-efficacy over time was significant.

Conclusions: The IBTTCN improved nurses' trauma intervention self-efficacy.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05446974.

Keywords: Internet-based training; community health; nurses; post-traumatic stress disorder; trauma care.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Medical Services*
  • Humans
  • Mental Health
  • Nurses*
  • Quality of Life
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT05446974