The Effects of Board Game in Learning Medication Knowledge Among Nursing Students

NCT04236024 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: N201912063
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 69
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Maintaining patient safety is one of the primary tasks of a professional nurse. Correct identification of medicine, understanding of pharmacological mechanisms and side effects are the basic academic knowledge that each nurse must possess. Therefore, it is an important duty for nursing teachers to teach students the knowledge of drugs and use them correctly in clinical practice. In this way, the safety of patients can be guaranteed and the quality of care can be improved. Board games have been used for study in different subjects, and they all have visible effects. Their competitive and entertaining qualities make learning more interesting and allow students to learn in a pleasant atmosphere. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of using board games to teach medication knowledge to nursing students. Methodology: This is a randomized controlled trial study. Convenience sampling will be applied in one university in Northern Taiwan.It is expected that 60-100 participants will be recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental group and comparison group by computer. The experimental group will use board game to learn medication, while the comparison group will be taught in a traditional way. The questionnaires will be conducted before the intervention, after the intervention, and one month later. The time for completing questionnaire is about 5\~15 minutes. The questionnaires include demographic information, medication knowledge questionnaire, and learning satisfaction questionnaire. This study will use SPSS 22.0 software for data analysis, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, chi-square, and generalized estimation equation (GEE). Expected results: This study will be able to understand the effects of board games in learning medication among nursing students.

Conditions

Knowledge

Keywords

Nursing students; Board game; Medication knowledge

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline Medication knowledge at 1 month

  This self-developed questionnaire which was validated by 5 experts will be used to understand students' medication knowledge level. The questionnaire includes 20 questions, 1 point for correct answers, 0 points for incorrect answers or not knowing, the total score is between 0 and 20 points, the higher the score represent the higher understanding of medical knowledge.

  The data will be collected at baseline,immediately after the intervention, and one month after the intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Learning satisfaction questionnaire

  The data will be collected immediately after the intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

The students in this group will learn medication knowledge by using board game.

Other: Board game

Comparison group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The students in this group will learn medication knowledge through tradition lecture.

Other: Traditional lecture

Interventions

Board game OTHER

The students in the experimental group will play board game to learn medication about 30-60 minutes.

Experimental group

Traditional lecture OTHER

The students in the comparison group will receive medication lecture using PPT slides about 30-60 minutes.

Comparison group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Nursing student The student who has not yet taken a practicum course

You may not qualify if:

• The student who had already taken a pharmacology course or is taking a pharmacology course.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Medical University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Taipei Medical University

Taipei, 10675, Taiwan

Location

Study Officials

• Yeu-Hui Chuang, PhD

  Taipei Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 12, 2020
• First Posted: January 22, 2020
• Study Start: September 29, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 29, 2020
• Study Completion: February 28, 2021
• Last Updated: March 3, 2021

Record last verified: 2020-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)