Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Hatay, Turkey.
Isparta Applied Sciences University, Uluborlu Selahattin Karasoy Vocational School, Health Services Department, Isparta, Turkey.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2023 Aug;71:103740. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103740. Epub 2023 Aug 3.
Nursing students encounter various terms and concepts during their undergraduate education. Repeating and reinforcing these terms and concepts is challenging. Active learning strategies are recommended to enhance students' effectiveness, productivity and interest in the learning process in undergraduate education.
This study aims to investigate the effect of crossword puzzles on nursing students' learning success and knowledge retention of the concepts related to the pain management course.
The study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial.
The study was conducted in the nursing department of a state university in the southern region of Turkey.
The study involved 72 s-year nursing students who were enrolled in the Pain Management course.
Data were collected using a "Personal Information Form" and three different "Pain Management Knowledge Tests." While the control group received only the standard lecture technique as a traditional method, the experimental group was exposed to crossword puzzles as an active learning method for three lesson hours following the standard lecture technique. Research data were collected between November and December 2022 in the classroom. Descriptive statistics, the Independent Samples t-test, Repeated Measures ANOVA test and Pearson's chi-squared test were employed for data analysis.
There was no significant difference between the pre-test and first post-test mean scores of both groups (p ˃ 0.05). However, the second post-test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group (p < 0.05).
The use of crossword puzzles positively affected nursing students' knowledge levels regarding concepts related to the pain management course.
NCT05424770.
护理专业的学生在本科教育中会遇到各种术语和概念。重复和强化这些术语和概念具有一定挑战性。推荐使用主动学习策略，以提高学生在本科教育中的效果、生产力和学习过程的兴趣。
本研究旨在调查纵横字谜对护理学生学习成功和疼痛管理课程相关概念知识保留的影响。
这是一项随机对照试验。
该研究在土耳其南部地区一所州立大学的护理系进行。
该研究纳入了 72 名护理专业的学生，他们都参加了疼痛管理课程。
使用“个人信息表”和三个不同的“疼痛管理知识测试”收集数据。对照组仅接受标准讲座技术作为传统方法，实验组在标准讲座技术后接受三个课时的纵横字谜作为主动学习方法。研究数据于 2022 年 11 月至 12 月在课堂上收集。采用描述性统计、独立样本 t 检验、重复测量方差分析和 Pearson 卡方检验进行数据分析。
两组的前测和第一次后测平均分数之间没有显著差异（p ˃ 0.05）。然而，实验组的第二次后测分数明显高于对照组（p < 0.05）。
使用纵横字谜游戏对护理学生关于疼痛管理课程相关概念的知识水平产生了积极影响。
NCT05424770。
