Virtual Game Simulation on Nursing Students' Physical Examination Skills

NCT06284252 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: TÜBİTAK-323S135
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The project is unique in that it will use virtual game simulation, a new learning method, and it will address the physical examination skills of nursing students, an area that has not been researched before. In the project, a randomized controlled research design with a pretest-posttest control group will be used. The population will consist of 200 second-year students enrolled in the Physical Examination in Nursing course at Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing, in the 2024-2025 Fall Semester. 120 students from the population who meet the research inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to control (n=60) and experimental (n=60) groups according to their general academic success score. In collecting data; Introductory characteristics form, skill checklist for physical examination of the heart, skill checklist for physical examination of the abdomen, skill checklist for physical examination of the respiratory system and an evaluation form for the effect of virtual game simulation on skill practice for physical examination will be used. In the project, three different virtual game simulations will be developed for physical examinations of the heart, abdomen and respiratory system. During the fall semester, theoretical and laboratory demonstration applications will be carried out by the project team. A pre-test will be administered to all students, and then virtual game simulations will be made available to students in the experimental group for three weeks. Then, the virtual games will be closed to the students and a post-test will be administered to the experimental and control group students. After the final test application, virtual game simulations will be made available to students in the control group. In pre- and post-test applications, students will practice physical examination skills on simulated patients at three different stations (heart, abdomen and respiratory system) and will be evaluated by the project team according to skill checklists. After the skill evaluations, the students in the experimental group will be given a form to evaluate the effect of the virtual game simulation for physical examination on skill practice and will be asked to fill it out.

Conditions

Simulation of Physical Illness

Keywords

Virtual Gamin Simulation; Nursing Students; Physical Examination

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Skill assessment for physical examination of the abdomen (Pretest)

  Skills Checklist for Physical Examination of the Abdomen

  up to 9 months

• Skill assessment for physical examination of the heart(Pretest)

  Skills Checklist for Physical Examination of the Heart

  up to 9 months

• Evaluation of physical examination skills of the respiratory system(Pretest)

  Skills Checklist for Physical Examination of the Respiratory System

  up to 9 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Skill assessment for physical examination of the abdomen (Posttest)

  up to 11 months

• Skill assessment for physical examination of the heart(Posttest)

  up to 11 months

• Evaluation of physical examination skills of the respiratory system(Posttest)

  up to 11 months

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

This is the group that takes theoretical lessons and does not play virtual games. Students will receive physical examination training and participate in laboratory practices. Pre-test and post-test skill evaluation will be made.

Initiative group

EXPERIMENTAL

Students will participate in theoretical training and laboratory practice. Students will play three different virtual game simulations. Students will participate in pre-test and post-test skill practice.

Other: Virtual Gaming Simulation

Interventions

Virtual Gaming Simulation OTHER

Two-dimensional virtual game simulations that can be played on computers will be developed using the recorded videos. Games will focus on physical examination of the heart, abdomen and respiratory system. The developed games will be played to the intervention group.

Initiative group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Taking the Physical Examination course in Nursing for the first time,
• Having access to the Internet,
• Volunteering to participate in the research.

You may not qualify if:

• Not participating in in-class and out-of-class processes regarding the heart, abdomen and respiratory system,
• Not participating in one of the steps of the research (pre-test, playing virtual game simulations, post-test)
• Wants to leave the research.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University: lead
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, 42090, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participant blinding: In order to ensure participant blinding, all students will register to the site where virtual game simulations will be hosted. Statistics blinding: In order to blind the statistics expert, at the end of data collection, the website expert will share the collected data with the statistics expert as group A and B data. The statistician will perform statistical analyzes without knowing which group is the control and which group is the experiment. Researcher blinding: In order to ensure researcher blinding, the expert who designed the web page for virtual game simulations selected the students who registered on the website, using the "A" and "B" codes, according to the list he received from the statistics expert, on the website with a random group as control and one group as experiment. will assign it to the site.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Control group and intervention group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 15, 2024
• First Posted: February 28, 2024
• Study Start: September 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 15, 2024
• Study Completion: January 15, 2025
• Last Updated: February 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Locations

TU (1)