The Effect of the Game on Students' Intramuscular Injection Skills

NCT05963269 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: MaltepeU_DemirelN
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Today, error rates increase in intramuscular (IM) drug administrations, which are frequently applied in clinical settings, due to many factors such as the increase in the number of students in nursing education, the low number of educators, insufficient clinical space and insufficient laboratory environments. This situation makes it inevitable to use different teaching methods in nursing education, especially in the acquisition and development of psychomotor skills. Games, which are a type of virtual simulation methods; It is defined as a pedagogical tool that offers the student the widest possible learning opportunity, interesting, interactive media, and a teaching beyond entertainment. It is very important to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in the management of intramuscular drug administration, which will constitute the majority of postgraduate applications of nursing students, by using today's technologies during their student life. Another factor that is effective in psychomotor skill learning is; students' anxiety level. Nursing students may experience anxiety while using the new technique, which negatively affects the learning process of the student. One of the reasons for the anxiety experienced by the students is that they have not reached enough professional knowledge and skills. It is observed that this level of anxiety increases especially in psychomotor skills. In the exams conducted for the evaluation of laboratory practices in nursing education, the student demonstrates the skills learned during the term. The level of anxiety he feels during this practice may also affect his performance. The general result of studies examining the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance is that there is a negative relationship between test anxiety and academic success. For this reason, it is very important to control students' anxiety. Although the level of state anxiety increases from time to time, especially in the trainings carried out with simulation, it is one of the training methods that increases the self-confidence of the students by reducing their anxiety in the future. Based on these reasons, this research; The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of computer-assisted game on success and anxiety level in the development of intramuscular injection application skills in nursing education.

Conditions

Video Games; Students; Nursing; Infections; Intramuscular

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Computer-assisted games change students' knowledge about IM injection.

  1 week after playing the game, the level of knowledge will be evaluated by an independent observer with a practice exam.

  2 week

Study Arms (2)

Students receiving computer game support in intramuscular injection learning

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

After learning intramuscular injection with demonstration, a group of students reinforcing intramuscular injection training for 1 week with a computer-assisted game designed by the researcher.

Other: Computer assisted intramuscular learning game

Group of students learning intramuscular injection only by demonstration

NO INTERVENTION

Group of students learning intramuscular injection by demonstration method without computer-assisted games

Interventions

Computer assisted intramuscular learning game OTHER

It is an educational game that can only be opened from the computer, with questions and answers and cases. The game is currently under development by the developers. The researcher will be able to see how many times the students entered the game and how many points they got.

Students receiving computer game support in intramuscular injection learning

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being a first year nursing student
• To be taking the basics of nursing course for the first time
• To have at least 50 points from the IM Injection Information Form

You may not qualify if:

• Graduated from Health Vocational High School
• Having a communication problem related to vision and hearing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Maltepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Maltepe University

Istanbul, Maltepe, 34857, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Infections

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2023
• First Posted: July 27, 2023
• Study Start: September 27, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 28, 2023
• Study Completion: September 29, 2023
• Last Updated: July 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)