Preliminary Exploration of Applying Multi-person Simulation Training to Improve Nurse-led Burn and Scald Nursing Care

The purpose of this study was to compare the learning performance of trainees before and after learning burns and scald nursing care by applying the burns and scald virtual reality (VR) training module multi-person interactive training in different places and the traditional training model with a high-fidelity patient.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Virtual Reality; High Fidelity Simulation Training
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Multi-person virtual reality simulation scenario training; Other: Multi-person high-fidelity simulation scenario training

Detailed Description

The clinical instructors, standard practice nurses, training content, and assessment process were the same for the experimental and control groups, except for the training methods of the interventions. A pre-recorded instructional video on burn care was provided to each participant one week prior to the experiment for self-study. The experiment procedure includes research description, pre-test and pre-test questionnaire (about 10 minutes), VR hands-on teaching or environment familiarization phase (about 10 minutes), multi-person simulation training (about 15 minutes) and post-test debrief (about 5 minutes), post-test and questionnaire (about 10 minutes). After completing all experiments, the collected data will be analyzed by the researcher using SPSS version 22.0 for descriptive, t-test, and other statistical analyses.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Tainan, Taiwan, 710
    • Chi Mei Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. people who are above 20 years old, with a nurse practitioner certificate and an ACLS or AHA certificate within the validity period.
2. people who are interested in learning the role of a team leader in burn and scald care.
3. people who have never used an interactive virtual reality (VR) environment device.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. people who are prone to vertigo or poor balance and are prone to motion sickness.
2. people with a history of epilepsy.
3. eye surgery or injury within the past 6 months.
4. people with facial wounds that prevent them from wearing VR glasses.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; Virtual reality	Other: Multi-person virtual reality simulation scenario training; Using multi-person virtual reality simulation scenario training to evaluate the learning effectiveness of nursing care for emergency burn and scald patients.
Active Comparator: Control group; High Fidelity Simulation Training	Other: Multi-person high-fidelity simulation scenario training; Using multi-person high-fidelity simulation scenario training to evaluate the learning effectiveness of nursing care for emergency burn and scald patients.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in knowledge of burn and scald nursing care scale	There were 10 items to evaluate the participants' knowledge of the burn and scald nursing care scale. Each item had four response options. The total score ranged from 0 to 10 and a higher score indicates a higher level of knowledge of burn and scalds nursing care.	Pre- and post-instructional design (immediately before conducting and after completing simulation scenario training)
Change in motivation and attitude toward learning and personal self-efficacy scale	The motivation and attitude toward learning and personal self-efficacy scale included 21 items. Each item was scored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The total score ranged from 21 to 105 and a higher score indicated a positive motivation and attitude toward learning and a higher level of personal self-efficacy in burn and scald nursing care.	Pre- and post-instructional design (before conducting and immediately after completing simulation scenario training)
Self-reported measure of satisfaction of learning	The satisfaction of learning scale included 9 items. Each item was scored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The total score ranged from 9 to 45 and a higher score indicated a higher level of satisfaction with the learning intervention in burns and scald nursing care.	Post-instruction (immediately after completing simulation scenario training)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chimei Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 22, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 20, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 20, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): August 9, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 28, 2024
• Last Verified: August 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Virtual Reality; Burns; High Fidelity Simulation Training
• Other Study ID Numbers: 11105-012

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