Objective:

To evaluate the improvement of knowledge regarding ulcers of venous etiology in nursing students enrolled in an optional subject specific to chronic wound care.

Methods:

A quasi-experimental analytical study will be carried out. An ad hoc pre-post-post intervention questionnaire with a control group will be carried out. The sample will be made up of 365 students who have received the same theoretical and practical nursing training adjusted to the course they are in. The control group is made up of students enrolled in the nursing degree at the Donostia, Leioa and Vitoria campuses of the University of the Basque Country who are not enrolled in a specific subject on chronic wounds. The intervention group includes students enrolled in a specific elective course on chronic wounds that includes among its theoretical and practical content, venous leg ulcers. A descriptive analysis of the socio-demographic variables will be carried out, associating them by means of X2. To assess the differences observed in the level of knowledge, the repeated measures ANOVA test will be used if the variable has a normal distribution and the Friedman test otherwise after being contrasted by the Kolmogórov-Smirnov test (K-S).

Results:

The design of this research plan as a final master's degree project has its continuity with the enrolment in a doctoral programme in health sciences at the University of Alicante.

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