Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality in Nursing Students' Learning

NCT06839573 | Not Yet Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: UB-UJI-RV25
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Teaching using VR for basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and patient examination (experimental group) will not result in differences in knowledge and skill acquisition compared to traditional classroom-based simulation teaching (control group), but it will lead to greater satisfaction and self-confidence. Open, single-center randomized clinical trial involving fourth-year nursing degree students at a public university. Participants will be assigned based on their usual teaching groups (ratio of 6-8 students per instructor) and, according to randomization, will receive a 1:1 assignment to either the control group (classroom-based simulation teaching) or the experimental group (classroom-based simulation teaching combined with VR headset teaching). The CONSORT checklist will be followed to report the study.

Conditions

Informed Consent

Keywords

Virtual reality; nursing students; Learning Outcomes; Inmersive virtual reality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Compare the satisfaction

  To compare the satisfaction acquired by students when performing basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and patient examination between both teaching groups (experimental group - EG: VR plus in-person simulation, control group - CG: in-person simulation). We will mesure this with Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale (SCLS-Sp) (Farrés-Tarafa et al., 2021) .

  Five months

• Compare the self-confidence

  To compare the self-confidence acquired by students when performing basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and patient examination between both teaching groups (experimental group - EG: VR plus in-person simulation, control group - CG: in-person simulation). We will mesure this with Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale (SCLS-Sp) (Farrés-Tarafa et al., 2021) .

  Five months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• To compare the acquisition of knowledge in each teaching group.

  Five months

• To compare the acquisition of skills in each teaching group.

  Five months

• To evaluate students' tolerance to VR headset technology.

  Five months

• To assess the usability of VR headsets by students.

  Five months

• To analyze the costs of traditional teaching with in-person simulation compared to teaching with VR.

  Five months

Study Arms (2)

RV INTERVENTION

EXPERIMENTAL

Experience with virtual reality glasses

Other: Experience with virtual reality glasses

NON RV CONTROL

NO INTERVENTION

Group Control

Interventions

Experience with virtual reality glasses OTHER

If the group belongs to GE (teaching with in-person simulation in the classroom and teaching with VR headsets), they will also receive the two training sessions described for GC: 30 minutes of individual training through VR (headsets and controllers to perform actions while receiving immediate feedback through VR) before the in-person simulation.

Also known as: Formative intervention

RV INTERVENTION

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \- having completed the scheduled in-person simulation in previous years of the degree .

You may not qualify if:

• the student does not sign the informed consent to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitat Jaume I: lead
• University of Barcelona: collaborator
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid: collaborator

Central Study Contacts

Isabel Almodóvar-Fernández, PhD

CONTACT

+0034636760923; isabelalmodovarfernandez@gmail.com

Marta Raurell-Torredà, phD

CONTACT

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Open, single-center randomized clinical trial involving fourth-year nursing degree students at a public university. Participants will be assigned based on their usual teaching groups (ratio of 6-8 students per instructor) and, according to randomization, will receive a 1:1 assignment to either the control group (classroom-based simulation teaching) or the experimental group (classroom-based simulation teaching combined with VR headset teaching). The CONSORT checklist will be followed to report the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 25, 2025
• First Posted: February 21, 2025
• Study Start: March 5, 2025
• Primary Completion: March 5, 2025
• Study Completion: May 8, 2025
• Last Updated: February 21, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: CSR