The Effect of Emergency Escape Room Simulation on Students' Knowledge, Anxiety and Satisfaction Level

NCT06619119 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 01.02.2024/124
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This research is a randomized controlled study type. The population of the research consisted of a total of 40 students studying at the Hamidiye Nursing Faculty of the University of Health Sciences and taking the emergency nursing course in the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample consisted of nursing students who took this course in the same date range and agreed to participate in the research. In this study, participants were divided into two equal groups: intervention (n=20) and control group (n=20) using a computer-based randomization method (https://www.random.org/). Due to the nature of the research, the participants and the principal investigator were not blinded, while the evaluator was blinded to the groups. In addition to the traditional training method within the scope of emergency nursing training, an escape room application was applied to the intervention group after 14 weeks of emergency nursing training. No intervention other than the traditional education method was applied to the control group within the scope of the 14-week emergency nursing education. In the traditional education, narration, question and answer, and discussion techniques were used in a powerpoint presentation containing visuals and text in the classroom environment.

Conditions

Nursing Education

Keywords

Emergency Nursing; Escape Room; Simulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge level

  The knowledge test, created by the researchers in line with the literature, consists of 20 questions that question the learning objectives of the Emergency Nursing course and the teaching outcomes of the escape room scenario. Each of the 20 questions asked to the students in the knowledge test was evaluated as 5 points.

  5 minutes before and after intervention, 1 week and 1 month after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction level

  5 minutes after intervention

Other Outcomes (1)

• Anxiety level anxiety

  5 minutes before and after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Escape room simulation group

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention Group: In addition to the traditional training method within the scope of emergency nursing training, an escape room application was applied to this group after 14 weeks of emergency nursing training.

Other: Excape room simulation

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control Group: No intervention other than the traditional education method was applied to this group within the scope of the 14-week emergency nursing education. In the traditional education, narration, question and answer, and discussion techniques were used with a powerpoint presentation containing visuals and text in the classroom environment.

Interventions

Excape room simulation OTHER

Application of Research: Preparation and Implementation of the Escape Room The escape room game scenario prepared by the relevant faculty members consists of the subjects of Triage, Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support and Traumas, which are included in the Emergency Nursing course curriculum. Students who will participate in the escape room game were given 30 minutes to solve the puzzles in the room, follow the clues, find the exit key and escape. To solve puzzles, unlock padlocks, and find specific objects in the escape room, students had to answer questions on Triage, Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, and Traumas and manage to exit the room in time.

Escape room simulation group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being a nursing student
• Having taken the Emergency Nursing course in the 2023-2024 academic year at the Faculty where the research will be conducted

You may not qualify if:

• Filling out data collection forms incompletely
• Wanting to leave the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Health Sciences

Istanbul, 34668, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ozel H, Akpinar EG. The Effect of Emergency Escape Room Simulation on Knowledge, Anxiety, and Satisfaction Levels of Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Games Health J. 2025 Sep 23. doi: 10.1177/2161783X251378638. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 40986456 DERIVED

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: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 25, 2024
• First Posted: October 1, 2024
• Study Start: March 6, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 25, 2024
• Study Completion: September 25, 2024
• Last Updated: October 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)