Using Virtual Humans to Teach Cognitive Function Assessment to Nursing Students

NCT07275372 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: N202510056
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose of the Study This study wants to find out whether a virtual human (a computer-based simulated person) can help nursing students learn how to assess someone's thinking and memory skills. Main Question Do nursing students learn cognitive function assessment better when they use a virtual human compared with reading printed materials? What Participants Will Do Participants will learn how to do a cognitive function assessment for about 60 minutes, either by using a virtual human or by reading printed materials.

Conditions

Nursing Students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Competence of cognitive function assessment

  Participants are required to conduct a cognitive function assessment on the virtual patient within a designed clinical scenario. The system assigns a score based on the completion of each item, with higher scores indicating better cognitive assessment ability.

  60 minutes

• Knowledge of cognitive function assessment

  A total of ten items were included. Each correct answer receives one point, while incorrect or "don't know" responses receive zero points. The total score ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating better knowledge of cognitive function assessment among the students.

  60 minutes

• Confidence scale

  The scale consists of five items, each scored from 1 to 5, with a total score ranging from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate greater confidence in performing cognitive function assessments among the participants.

  60 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Learning Material Satisfaction Questionnaire

  60 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Virtual human

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will use virtual human to learn the assessement of SPMSQ.

Other: Virtual human

Printed material

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The comparison group will use printed material to learn the assessment of SPMSQ.

Other: Printed material

Interventions

Virtual human OTHER

There are five scenarios integrated into Virtual human software.

Virtual human

Printed material OTHER

The comparison group will read the printed material regarding SPMSQ assessment.

Printed material

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Nursing students currently enrolled in a bachelor's or post-baccalaureate nursing program.
• Students who have not previously received instruction on the SPMSQ cognitive function assessment,

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Medical University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Taipei Medical University

Taipei, Taiwan, 110, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Chia-I Chao

CONTACT

886-930120686; b405112016@tmu.edu.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2025
• First Posted: December 10, 2025
• Study Start: December 2, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: January 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)