Virtual Game Simulation in Patient Safety

NCT06747286 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: SBU-SBEH-DAC-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 132
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With the development of technology, virtual game simulation is starting to take an important place in nursing education, which has spread to the virtual world. There are studies conducted with this application, but there are no virtual game simulation studies related to patient safety. The planned study aims to measure nursing students' tendencies and attitudes towards medical errors, satisfaction and self-confidence in nursing practices with a virtual game simulation related to patient safety developed by the researcher.

Conditions

Nurse's Role

Keywords

Virtual Game Simulation; Nursing Education; Patient Safety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Structured Student Information Form

  The structured student information form, developed by the researcher in line with literature knowledge, includes a total of 13 questions on topics such as students' age, gender, etc.

  one month

• Modified Simulation Effectiveness Tool

  The measurement tool for students' perceptions of the effectiveness of learning in a simulation environment was designed for self-reporting. The measurement tool has 19 items and four sub-dimensions. It is a 3-point Likert-type scale where the items are scored from 1 to 3. Scored as 1 - "Disagree", 2 - "Partially Agree", 3 - "Strongly Agree". The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the measurement tool is 0.93; the Cronbach Alpha coefficients of its sub-dimensions are 0.83, 0.85, 0.91 and 0.90, respectively. The total score is obtained by summing up all sub-dimension scores.

  one month

• Simulation Design Scale

  The scale consists of 20 items and five subscales: "Goals and Information", "Support", "Problem Solving", "Feedback/Guided Reflection", and "Authenticity". The scale consists of two parts. The first part measures whether the best simulation design elements were applied in the simulation application. This section includes the statements "Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Undecided", "Agree", "Strongly Agree", and "Not Appropriate". The second part measures how important the simulation application is for the students. This section includes the statements "Not Important", "Partially Important", "Undecided", "Important", and "Very Important". Cronbach's Alpha values for the subheadings vary between 0.73 and 0.86. The score range is determined as 1 point being the lowest and 5 points being the highest. The scale is scored by dividing the total score given to the answers by the number of items.

  one month

• Student Satisfaction and Learning Self-Confidence Scale

  It consists of two sub-dimensions, "satisfaction with learning" and "self-confidence", and a total of 13 items. The 13th item in the scale is reverse coded. The answer options are 5= Strongly agree, 4= Agree, 3= Undecided: Neither agree nor disagree, 2= Disagree, 1= Strongly disagree. The score is obtained from the sum of the items in the scale. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 65, the lowest score is 13. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.94.

  one month

• Medical Error Scale for Nursing Students

  The scale was prepared in a 5-point Likert type consisting of 36 items and 7 sub-dimensions, evaluated as always (5), usually (4), sometimes (3), rarely (2), never (1). The total score range of the scale is between 36 and 180. Scores close to 180 on the scale indicate that student nurses are controlled or careful regarding medical errors, while scores close to 36 indicate that student nurses are not controlled regarding medical errors or may make medical errors.

  one month

• Attitude Scale on Medical Errors

  The scale consists of 16 items and 3 sub-dimensions. The aim of the scale is to examine the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards medical errors. It has 3 sub-headings: medical error perception (2 items), medical error approach (7 items), and reasons for medical errors (7 items). The scale is a five-point Likert-type scale. The scores of the answers to the items range from (1) I completely disagree to (5) I completely agree. Questions 10 and 13 under the sub-heading of medical error approach are reverse scored. The cut-off point of the scale is determined as 3. In the scale calculation, the total scale score is obtained by dividing the scale item number. In the sub-dimension calculation, the total score of the sub-dimension is divided by the number of items related to the relevant sub-dimension. The obtained score is between 1 and 5.

  one month

Study Arms (2)

Experiment group

EXPERIMENTAL

Group to be applied virtual game simulation

Other: Virtual Game Simulation

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control group

Interventions

Virtual Game Simulation OTHER

A virtual computer game that enables participation in a clinical scenario to measure competence.

Also known as: experimental

Experiment group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Having taken the Fundamentals of Nursing course,
• Being willing and eager to participate in the study,
• Completing the Data Collection Forms completely,
• Not having any communication problems related to vision or hearing,
• Completing all stages of the simulation training process.

You may not qualify if:

• Not having received simulation training regarding patient safety.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi: lead

Study Sites (1)

Health Sciences University Hamidiye Faculty of Nursing

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Derya AVAN ÇINAR, Study Principal Investigator

  Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Semra Açıksöz, assist prof

CONTACT

(0216) 777 87 77; semra.aciksoz@sbu.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator, Student

Model Details: Two groups with an experiment control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2024
• First Posted: December 24, 2024
• Study Start: March 30, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2025
• Study Completion: June 30, 2025
• Last Updated: December 27, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)