The Effect of Simulation-Based Oxytocin Induction Training on Midwifery Students' Knowledge and Anxiety Levels

What Was Tested

In this not phased trial, researchers set out to test Oxytocin.

This randomized controlled study was conducted to evaluate the effect of simulation-based oxytocin induction training on midwifery students' knowledge and anxiety levels.

The study population consisted of third-year midwifery students enrolled in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Istanbul Medipol University during the spring semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.

Eligible students who volunteered to participate were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group.

It had two arms (groups): Theoretical Training + Simulation-Based Training (experimental) and Theoretical Training (active comparator).

Participants in this arm received theoretical training on oxytocin induction. In addition to the theoretical training, they received simulation-based oxytocin induction training using high-fidelity simulation and a standardized patient.

Participants in this arm received theoretical training on oxytocin induction and did not receive the additional simulation-based training.

The registry classes the interventions as behavioral.

Who Took Part

80 actual participants took part.

It was open to people of any sex.

Healthy volunteers could join, not only people with the condition.

Examples of who could join: Being enrolled as a third-year undergraduate student in the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, during the spring semester of the 2024-2025 academic year. Having successfully completed the Childbirth and Postpartum Period course. Having successfully completed the Childbirth and Postpartum Period Clinical Practice course. Having a cumulative grade point average of 2.70 or higher. Volunteering to participate in the study.

The full record lists 6 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria; among the exclusions: not meeting one or more of the inclusion criteria; declining to participate in the study; not providing written or verbal informed consent.

How the Study Was Run

Design: randomized, parallel-group and single-blind.

The participants were allocated by chance, so the Oxytocin group and the comparison group should start out alike.

Groups ran in parallel: each of the participants stayed in one arm throughout.

In this single-blind Oxytocin study one party knew the assignments and the other did not.

Those kept unaware of assignments: outcomes assessor.

It started in 2024-11-11 with completion listed for 2025-05-26.

It ran at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Its stated primary purpose is other.

What Was Measured

Researchers chose this as the main measure: Change in Oxytocin Induction Knowledge Score (time frame: At baseline, before theoretical training, and 5 weeks after theoretical training).

It also tracked 1 secondary outcome, for example Change in State Anxiety Score.

What This Means in Plain Language

Put simply, this is a not phased, randomized trial of Oxytocin in 80 people.

The trial is marked completed; no results are posted to the registry yet, so nothing here describes outcomes.

More context: the Oxytocin compound page, all human trials.