Effect of Educational Program of Virtual Reality on Critical Thinking Disposition Among Nursing Students at Damietta University

NCT06622811 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 309
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 190
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an educational program of virtual reality on critical thinking disposition among nursing students at Damietta University.

Conditions

Educational Program; Virtual Reality; Critical Thinking; Nursing Students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire

  Scoring system: Respondents' answers will be scored (0) for incorrect answers, and (1) for correct answers. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of unsatisfactory (\<60%) and satisfactory (≥60%).

  Two months after educational program

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire

  Two months after educational program

Study Arms (1)

Nursing students group

EXPERIMENTAL

Nursing students will be scheduled to apply educational program of virtual reality to improve their critical thinking disposition.

Other: Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire; Other: California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

Interventions

Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire OTHER

Part I: Personal Characteristics of Nursing Students: It covers; age and gender. Part II: Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire: This part will used to assess students' knowledge related to virtual reality that includes a definition of virtual reality, history of virtual reality, advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality on nursing education and equipment used for virtual reality and the effect virtual reality on future of education Scoring system: Respondents' answers will be scored (0) for incorrect answers, and (1) for correct answers. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of unsatisfactory (\<60%) and satisfactory (≥60%).

Nursing students group

California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) OTHER

It will consist of 24 items classify into 7 dimensions grouped as follows; truth-seeking (3 items); open-mindedness (4 items); analyticity (3 items); systematicity (4 items); critical thinking self-confidence (4 items); inquisitiveness (3 items); and cognitive maturity (3 items). Scoring system: Students asked to respond to all items with six points Likert scale as follows; strongly disagree = 1, disagree= 2, neutral = 3, sometimes agree = 4, agree = 5, and strongly agree= 6. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of satisfactory critical thinking (≥75%) and unsatisfactory critical thinking (\<75%).

Nursing students group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 22 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age from 21 to 22 years.
• Both sexes.
• Nursing students.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Mental retardation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mansoura University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mansoura University

Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, 35516, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Gabr MAM, Sleem WF, El-Wkeel NS. Effect of virtual reality educational program on critical thinking disposition among nursing students in Egypt: a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. BMC Nurs. 2025 Jul 7;24(1):874. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03488-w.

  PMID: 40624646 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 29, 2024
• First Posted: October 2, 2024
• Study Start: February 10, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2024
• Study Completion: June 1, 2024
• Last Updated: October 2, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: After the end of study for one year.
• Access Criteria: The data will be available upon a reasonable request from the corresponding author.

Locations

EG (1)