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The effect of a cultural sensitivity education program on the intercultural sensitivity and compassion levels of
Çiğdem Şahin1, Sultan Ayaz-Alkaya2
1Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye.
Aim:
This study was performed to measure the effect of a cultural sensitivity education program in increasing Turkish nurses' intercultural sensitivity and compassion levels.
Background:
Intercultural care encompasses compassion, an indispensable value of nursing care. The primary purpose of compassion is to ensure the well-being and welfare of the individuals.
Design:
A parallel group randomized controlled trial.
Methods:
The study was completed by 64 nurses, 32 in the intervention and 32 in the control groups. A Cultural Sensitivity Education Program was presented to the intervention group. Instruments were given to both groups before the intervention (pre-test), one week after the intervention (post-test) and three months later (follow-up test). Chi-square, and two-way mixed-design variance analysis with Bonferroni Multiple Comparison Test were used to analyze the data.
Results:
The post-test and follow-up test mean scores of intercultural sensitivity and compassion of the intervention group after the intervention increased significantly compared to the control group. The intervention had a large effect size.
Conclusions:
The study showed that the cultural sensitivity education program effectively increased the nurses' intercultural sensitivity and compassion levels. Nurse managers could integrate education programs into the in-service education programs to improve the intercultural sensitivity and compassion levels of nurses.
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