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Weight Bias Reducation Intervention With Nursing Students Using Simulation: The BRAVE Study

The BRAVE Study: A Sensitivity Intervention With Nursing Students Using Simulation

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 2 years
  • Procedures mentioned: Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Two cohorts of nursing students will be recruited over two years during orientation for their NUR courses (n = 368); a combined total of 420 students are typically enrolled in these courses."
  • "Attitudes will be measured by Attitudes Towards Higher Weight Persons (ATOP-HW) Questionnaire scores."
  • "Beliefs will be measured by the Beliefs About Obese Persons (BAOP) Questionnaire scores."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

The BRAVE study tests whether a new training program helps nursing students reduce unfair views about people with obesity and treat them with more respect. It compares BRAVE with a standard lecture on obesity, with both groups practicing patient care in simulated visits. The study is for second- and fourth-year nursing students and tracks changes over one year.

This randomized controlled trial will be a curriculum-embedded weight sensitivity training program. There will be two groups. The control group will receive the standard obesity lecture (SOL) and the intervention group will receive the BRAVE Intervention (BRAVE: Building Respect and Acceptance through Valuing Everybody); a Weight Bias Reduction (WBR) intervention. Both groups will have two simulation encounters with standardized patients who are living with obesity and the outcome will be to improve weight bias and increase weight sensitivity over one year. Participants will include second- and fourth-year nursing students. Two cohorts of nursing students will be recruited over two years during orientation for their NUR courses (n = 368); a combined total of 420 students are typically enrolled in these courses. Study participants will be randomized by 8-person simulation groups (clusters) to either the BRAVE intervention or SOL control group. They will then participate in the two simulation-based experiences and weight bias reduction education or standard obesity lecture, respectively, with a debriefing segment and educational components. To compare the efficacy of BRAVE groups to SOL groups in validated questionnaires will assess changing attitudes, beliefs, and clinical communication behaviors when comparing baseline to 3 months post-intervention, and one year after the intervention.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Nursing students ages 18–35.
  • In the second or fourth year of a traditional or FLEX bachelor's degree nursing program, and taking the required nursing courses.

Who can't join

  • People who are not nursing students.
  • Nursing students taking courses outside the program's usual order.
  • Nursing students younger than 18 or older than 35.
  • Students who do not agree to take part.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Nursing students aged 18-35 * Nursing students during their second or fourth year of the traditional or FLEX BSN undergraduate curriculum (in specified nursing courses) Exclusion Criteria: * Non-nursing students * Nursing students taking courses out of the normal curriculum sequence * Nursing students who are not of traditional undergraduate ages (18-35 years) * Students who decline to consent

Study sites (1)

PA