The Effect of Serious Game Developed for Nursing Students

NCT05321303 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 21/06-26
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 72
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to assess whether students' knowledge level, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills have increased after the serious game and standard patients practice.

Conditions

Education, Nursing; Critical Thinking; Problem Solving; Self-Confidence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Knowledge Levels Questionnaire

  In order to determine the knowledge level of the students about the diabetic ketoacidosis case, the opinions of 3 experts (diabetes nurse, academician working in the field of diabetes) were taken, prepared by the researcher. There are 10 questions in total and each question is 1 point.

  Five weeks

• Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale

  The scale consists of two sub-dimensions (satisfaction with learning and self-confidence) in five-point Likert type. The total number of items is 13. The minimum score obtained from the scale is 17, the highest score is 61.

  Five weeks

• Critical Thinking Disposition Scale

  The scale consists of 49 items and 5 subscales (metacognition, flexibility, systematicity, perseverance-patience, open-mindedness). The range of points that can be obtained from the scale varies between 49-245. An increase in the score indicates that critical thinking also increases.

  Five weeks

• Problem Solving Inventory

  It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 35 items and scored between 1-6. As the score obtained from the scale increases, problem solving skills decrease. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 32, and the highest score is 192.

  Five weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Student experience: Qualitative Interviewing

  up to four weeks

• Serious Game Experience:

  up to one day

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: Serious game Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

The participants spend on one "MetaHospital" scenario in which Nursing Care (management of diabetic ketoacidosis).

Other: Serious Game

Experimental: Standardized Patients Control group

EXPERIMENTAL

The participants spend one scenario 10 minutes; on a scenario designed to train Nursing Care (management of diabetic ketoacidosis).

Other: Standard Patients

Interventions

Serious Game OTHER

Each participant of the Serious game group played 1 scenario of "MetaHospital", a screen-based simulation on the management of diabetic ketoacidosis. Immediately after the serious game was played, 5 open-ended questionnaires were sent to the students to evaluate the game usability.

Experimental: Serious game Experimental group

Standard Patients OTHER

Each participant of the standardized patient's group played 1 scenario on the management of diabetic ketoacidosis and then a 30-minute analysis session with the trainer joined.

Experimental: Standardized Patients Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Nursing students who have taken the Internal Medicine Nursing course
• Students willing and willing to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Students who are absent from the Internal Medicine Nursing course
• Students who did not agree to participate in the study
• Students experiencing standard patient practice

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Asisstant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 23, 2022
• First Posted: April 11, 2022
• Study Start: April 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 18, 2022
• Study Completion: July 1, 2022
• Last Updated: August 3, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: ICF

Locations

TU (1)