Gamified Learning for Pressure Injury Prevention

NCT07028892 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: MehmetAkifU-SBF-SA-240099
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this Randomized Controlled Trial is to define the effect of gamified teaching methods for pressure injury prevention in intensive care nurses. The main questions it aims to answer are: H1: The gamified learning experience will increase the nurses' knowledge of pressure injury prevention compared to the control group. H2: The gamified learning experience will increase the nurses' skills in pressure injury prevention compared to the control group. H3: The gamified learning experience will increase the nurses' attitude toward pressure injury prevention compared to the control group. Researchers will compare two arm to see if there is a difference in knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Participants in the experimental group will be educated via a gamified mobile learning application.

Conditions

Pressure Injuries; Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Keywords

intensive care nurses; gamification; mobile learning; pressure injuries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Level

  The Outcome will be measured by "The Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Assessment Tool (PUKAT 2.0)". PUKAT 2.0 is a 26-item questionnaire that assesses nurses' knowledge of pressure injury in six areas: etiology and development (six items), classification and observation (five items), risk assessment (two items), and nutrition (one item).

  10 weeks

• Attitude Towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention

  Attitude Towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention instrument (APuP) will be used for defining attitude level of ICU nurses. APuP is a reliable and valid instrument to assess attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention. There are 13 items in this scale, each of them evaluated with a 5-point Likert.

  10 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• System Usability

  10 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental Group will receive an education about pressure injury prevention via a gamified mobile application

Device: A gamified mobile learning

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The Control Group will receive the training via a booklet.

Other: Booklet training

Interventions

A gamified mobile learning DEVICE

There will be a gamified environment in a mobile application with case scenarios on pressure injury prevention designed by researchers.

Experimental Group

Booklet training OTHER

Nurses will receive training via a booklet about prevention of pressure injuries.

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being Registered Nurse for more than 1 year
• Having at least an associate degree of nursing
• Having a smart-phone or tablet
• Being more than 18 years old

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mehmet Akif Ersoy University: lead
• University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester: collaborator
• Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UMass Chan Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, 01655, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Aydogan S, Caliskan N. A Descriptive Study of Turkish Intensive Care Nurses' Pressure Ulcer Prevention Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Barriers to Care. Wound Manag Prev. 2019 Feb;65(2):39-47.

  PMID: 30730304 BACKGROUND

• Bozkurt, S. A., Samia, R., & Gazarian, P. K. (2023). Using standardized patient simulation in undergraduate nursing education: A scoping review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 74, 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2022.10.003

  BACKGROUND

• Beeckman D, Defloor T, Demarre L, Van Hecke A, Vanderwee K. Pressure ulcers: development and psychometric evaluation of the attitude towards pressure ulcer prevention instrument (APuP). Int J Nurs Stud. 2010 Nov;47(11):1432-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.04.004. Epub 2010 May 14.

  PMID: 20466370 BACKGROUND

• Manderlier B, Van Damme N, Vanderwee K, Verhaeghe S, Van Hecke A, Beeckman D. Development and psychometric validation of PUKAT 2.0, a knowledge assessment tool for pressure ulcer prevention. Int Wound J. 2017 Dec;14(6):1041-1051. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12758. Epub 2017 May 26.

  PMID: 28547752 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pressure Ulcer

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Skin Ulcer; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

• Semiha Asli Bozkurt, Ph.D.

  Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sinan Aydogan, Ph.D.

CONTACT

+905457137919; saydogan@mehmetakif.edu.tr

Priscilla Gazarian, Ph.D.

CONTACT

Priscilla.Gazarian@umassmed.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2025
• First Posted: June 19, 2025
• Study Start: August 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2025
• Study Completion: November 1, 2025
• Last Updated: June 19, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Locations

US (1)