Development of Virtual Reality for Nursing Students: Electroconvulsive Therapy

NCT06980831 | Not Yet Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: EC-24116-19
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Project: "Development of virtual reality for nursing students: ECT" For this project the researchers will adapte 'health belief model' as a core concept for developing knowledge, attitude and skills of nursing students to take care of psychiatric patients with ECT. For their practice, the participants will be taught to take care of patients with ECT into 3 phases: before, during, and after ECT. The researchers believe that this VR technology will help Thai-nursing students better understand and know how to take care of patients with ECT. This project will consist of two phase. phase I: developing VR- ECT technology for nursing students. we will pilot test VR-ECT in Nursing students by randomizing nursing students volunteers into two groups: an experimental group and waitlist control group (N = 140). Knowledge, attitude and satisfaction and self-confidence will be measured at baseline (day 1), week 8 after intervention complete

Conditions

Electroconvulsive Therapy; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

knowledge; attitude; satisfaction; self-confidence; electroconvulsive therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• VR-ECT knowledge (Thai version)

  the researchers will adapt the knowledge for ECT nursing by Pruge and Vichai (2022) to measure the knowledge of nursing students for ECT nursing including the indication for ECT, Action and Side Effects, steps for ECT nursing, and adverse effect of ECT. The instrument including 18 items, each item has two options for yes (1 score) and no (o score).

  Day 1 -8 wk after intervention complete

• VR-ECT attitude (Thai -version)

  The researcher adapted questions developed by Pomporn Thongmuang (16). The purpose of this assessment was to measure nursing students' attitudes towards electrotherapy. It consists of 10 questions. The highest score indicates a positive attitude towards electroconvulsive therapy.

  Day 1 - 8 week after intervention completed

• VR-ECT Satisfaction (Thai-version)

  For the satisfaction on using VR-ECT technology (Satisfaction\_VR-ECT) by Wanthana Pankamdee (17). The researcher will adapt this instrument based on the University students in Thailand context. The items including 40 items related with satisfaction of VR-ECT technology as Likert scale (1=dissatisfied to 5=very satisified). The high score indicates the high level of satisfaction.

  Day 1 - 8 week after intervention completed

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

ECT group

Procedure: ECT group

control group

NO INTERVENTION

waitlist control group

Interventions

ECT group PROCEDURE

VR-ECT group, nursing students will practice via virtual reality for taking care of patients with ECT.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• the researchers will include Thai-nursing students who 1) are between 18 and 24 years of age; 2) are proficient in Thai; 3) volunteer

You may not qualify if:

• the researchers will exclude Thai nursing students who 1) current presence of physical or mental conditions such as learning disorders and psychiatric disorders, all of which make full participation in all aspects of this study questionable; 2) had already studied in ECT or had experienced for taking care patients with ECT.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mae Fah Luang University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior; Personal Satisfaction

Study Officials

• Chuntana Reangsing, PhD, RN

  School of Nursing ,Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Chuntana Reangsing, Phd, RN

CONTACT

0655099839; chuntana.rea@mfu.ac.th

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: School of Nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 16, 2025
• First Posted: May 20, 2025
• Study Start: June 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: May 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP