The Effectiveness of 3D VR Training System for Supporting Volunteers on Adolescents' Illegal Drug Use

Examining the Effectiveness of 3D Virtual Reality Training on Problem-solving, Self-efficacy, and Teamwork Among Inexperienced Volunteers Helping With Drug Use Prevention: Randomized Controlled Trial

The purpose of that study was to apply the 3D virtual reality technology to develop a training program aiming at improving the abilities of problem solving, self-efficacy and teamwork of supervisory volunteers on adolescents' illegal drug use.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Illicit Drugs
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: SVVR training program

Detailed Description

Use of illegal drug among adolescents is one of the critical health problems in this age group. The purpose of that study was to apply the 3D virtual reality technology to develop a training program aiming at improving the abilities of problem solving, self-efficacy and teamwork of supervisory volunteers on adolescents' illegal drug use. This study used a randomized controlled design with recruiting 68 participants. The participants in the experimental group received the 3D VR training program and the counterparts in the control group did not receive any intervention. The participants in the experimental group performed better on problem solving, self-efficacy and teamwork. In addition, the scores of technology use related variables also supported that experimental participants favored the 3D VR training system. The findings suggested that the 3D VR training system enhanced the supporting volunteers' abilities to deal with adolescents' illegal drug use. The 3D VR program showed potential for future promotion to supporting volunteers that contribute to improve volunteers' abilities on dealing with adolescents' illegal drug use.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 68
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 106
    • National Taiwan Normal University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• accompanies at least an adolescent with drug use to
• having less than 2 year of supporting experiences
• having experiences of using technology products
• able to operate SVVR.

Exclusion Criteria:

• the volunteers who were suffering from cybersickness.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: OTHER
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: Control group; The control group did not receive any intervention.
EXPERIMENTAL: Experimental group; The participants in the experimental group received the 3D VR training program.	Other: SVVR training program; The SVVR training program is consisted of five scenarios with tasks. Before the SVVR training implementation, the research team provided 10-minute orientation session to introduce the purpose of the training. The 3D VR professional taught the participants how to wear the 3D VR helmets and select the VR scenes, so that the participants could practice multiple times.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The task characteristics	Referenced related literatures (Goodhue, 1995) (Goodhue, 1995), developed 「The task technology characteristics」scale, a total of 3 questions, the task technology characteristics mainly understand the participants' experience in drug use students and related training, the higher scores indicated that participants are experienced in drug use students and related training.	about one month
Problem-solving skills	Referenced relevant literatures (Association of American Colleges & Universities, 2009)(Association of American Colleges & Universities, 2009), developed「Problem-solving skills」scale, a total of 6 questions, The problem-solving skills mainly understand the participants' problem-solving skills in drug use students , the higher scores indicated that participants have better abilities.	about one month
Self-efficacy	Referenced related literatures (Schwarzer, Bäßler, Kwiatek, Schröder, & Zhang, 1997)(Schwarzer, Bäẞler, Kwiatek, Schröder, & Zhang,1997), developed「Self-efficacy」scale, a total of 6 questions, The Self-efficacy mainly understand the participants' confidence in counseling drug use students, the higher scores demonstrated the more confident participants were	about one month
Team cooperation	Referenced relevant literatures (Hughes & Jones, 2011)(Hughes & Jones, 2011), developed「Team cooperation」scale, a total of 4 questions, The Team cooperation mainly understand the participants' Team cooperation abilities in drug use students , the higher scores indicated that participants have better Team cooperation abilities.	about one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Taiwan Normal University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Chiang CH, Huang CM, Sheu JJ, Liao JY, Hsu HP, Wang SW, Guo JL. Examining the Effectiveness of 3D Virtual Reality Training on Problem-solving, Self-efficacy, and Teamwork Among Inexperienced Volunteers Helping With Drug Use Prevention: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Nov 2;23(11):e29862. doi: 10.2196/29862.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): August 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): October 26, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): October 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 28, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): October 11, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): October 11, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Self-efficacy; Problem solving; Teamwork; 3D virtual reality; Supporting volunteers
• Other Study ID Numbers: 201805HS007

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No