The Use of Escape Room Game in Nursing Students' Learning About Parenteral Drug Administration.

NCT05644015 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Health Sciences
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 72
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group in order to determine the effect of the education given to nursing students with the escape room game on the students' learning of parenteral drug administration. 72 students enrolled in Nursing Fundamentals II Course in the Spring Semester of 2021-2022 Academic Year at Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department were included in this study. The students were divided into two groups, 36 control and 36 experimental, by randomization method. Written permission was obtained from the ethics committee and the institution in order to conduct the study. Data were collected with "Descriptive Characteristics Form", "Parenteral drug administration Knowledge Test", "Parenteral drug administration Checklists" and "Game Evaluation Form". The first knowledge (pre-test) and skills (Objective structured clinical exam=OSCE) were measured after the parenteral drug administration theoretical course and the skill course in the laboratory were given to the sample group. The sample group was assigned to the experimental and control groups according to the first knowledge and skill measurements. The experimental group played the escape room game in groups of 4 each. The control group was given the right to work independently in the laboratory. The game was played once in the experimental group. Then, the final knowledge (post-test) and final skills (OSCE) of the experimental and control groups were measured. Independent sample t test, chi-square test, Pearson correlation test and dependent sample t test were used to evaluate the data.

Conditions

Gamification

Keywords

Escape room; Gamification; Nursing education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Measuring the knowledge level of the sample group

  The knowledge levels of all students participating in the study were measured with the 'parenteral drug administration knowledge test'. The students (n:72) participating in the study were randomly assigned to the experimental (n:36) and control (n:36) groups according to their knowledge levels.

  two days before randomization

• Measuring the skill levels of the sample group

  The skill levels of all students participating in the study were measured with 'parenteral drug administration checklists'.

  two days before randomization

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• measuring the knowledge levels of the experimental and control groups

  two weeks after starting the intervention (post escape room game)

• measuring the skills of the experimental and control groups

  two weeks after starting the intervention (post escape room game)

Study Arms (2)

experimental group (play group)

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group played the escape room game. The experimental group played the game once in total.

Other: escape room game

control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention was made in the control group.

Interventions

escape room game OTHER

Escape room game is a live action team based game where players discover clues, solve puzzles and complete tasks in one or more rooms to accomplish a specific goal (usually by escaping the room) in limited time.

experimental group (play group)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Enrolling for the first time in Nursing Fundamentals II Course,
• Being willing to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Having a high school, associate or undergraduate degree in a health-related field,
• It is the inability to use the Turkish language effectively.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sakarya University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gazi University

Ankara, 06490, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Darby W, Bergeron P, Brown N, DeFoor M, Jones B. Escape Room Relay Race: "Go for the Gold" in Formative Assessment. J Nurs Educ. 2020 Nov 1;59(11):646-650. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20201020-09.

  PMID: 33119778 RESULT

• Roman P, Rodriguez-Arrastia M, Molina-Torres G, Marquez-Hernandez VV, Gutierrez-Puertas L, Ropero-Padilla C. The escape room as evaluation method: A qualitative study of nursing students' experiences. Med Teach. 2020 Apr;42(4):403-410. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2019.1687865. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

  PMID: 31738615 RESULT

Study Officials

• Nurhan Aktaş

  researcher

  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: November 17, 2022
• First Posted: December 9, 2022
• Study Start: May 25, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 28, 2022
• Study Completion: June 15, 2022
• Last Updated: December 9, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)