Virtual Reality in Nursing Students' Communication Skills
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorDokuz Eylul University
About this trial
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of a virtual reality application on nursing students' skills in breaking bad news and approaching crying patients at a nursing faculty in western Turkey.
The primary questions to be addressed are:
Is there a significant difference in breaking bad news skills between students receiving the virtual reality intervention and those receiving the standard curriculum? Is there a significant difference in skills related to approaching crying patients between students receiving the virtual reality intervention and those receiving the standard curriculum? Comparison group: The researchers will compare the intervention group, which receives the virtual reality application, with the control group, which follows the standard curriculum, to assess differences in skill development.
Participants:
Nursing students aged 18 years or older, who are taking a communication course for the first time and voluntarily participating.
Participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control groups.
Participants in the intervention group will:
Attend an orientation session for the virtual reality application, Engage in a virtual reality scenario based on the SPIKES protocol involving breaking bad news and approaching a crying patient, Participate in a debriefing session to discuss their experiences. Participants in the control group will receive the standard curriculum course.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
being ≥18 years old
being a nursing student,
taking a communication course for the first time
volunteering to participate in the study
Disqualifiers
having a condition preventing the student from using the VR tool
having problems such as nausea and vomiting due to the use of VR headsets
having been participated in any training given on breaking bad news
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Virtual Reality
Other interventionStandard virtual reality applications rely on computer-generated animation environments and avatars; however, in the present study, the content created by actors/actresses with theater training by using cameras and audio recording devices suitable for creating virtual reality content included images of real environments and people.
Control group
Other interventionWhile the participants in the intervention group received training on virtual reality, those in the control group took the standard curriculum course. Students in the control group received no training. The students in the control group were told that the program would be implemented to those who volunteered after the study was completed.
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: The students in the intervention group received training on virtual reality.Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Students in the control group received no training.Active comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in the Questionnaire on Knowledge of Breaking Bad News
The level of knowledge and skills in breaking bad news and approaching a crying patient will be assessed using validated questionnaire: the Questionnaire on Knowledge of Breaking Bad News
Time frame
Pre- and post-intervention assessments conducted within 15 days.2
Change in the Questionnaire on Knowledge of Approaching a Crying Patient
The level of knowledge and skills in breaking bad news and approaching a crying patient will be assessed using validated questionnaire: the Questionnaire on Knowledge of Approaching a Crying Patient.
Time frame
Pre- and post-intervention assessments conducted within 15 days.Locations
Sponsors and contacts
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Dokuz Eylul University
Lead sponsor
Dokuz Eylül University, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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