Comparing the Outcomes of Virtual Reality Based Serious Gaming and Lecture Based Training for Advanced Life Support

Comparing the Outcomes of Virtual Reality Based Serious Gaming and Lecture Based Training for Advanced Life Support Trainings: Randomized Control Trial

The hypothesis of this study is to reveal whether virtual reality(VR) based Advanced Life Support(ALS) serious game module can replace classroom-based ALS lecture, which is part of existing ALS training protocol in addition to skills training.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Lecture based training for advanced life support; Other: ALS VR (VR based serious gaming module for advanced life support training)

Detailed Description

The participants consisting of students from Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Vocational School for Anesthesiology (N=29) were randomly divided into two groups with 15 (Conventional training group) and 14 (VR based training group) participants each. The members of the conventional group had to complete pretest at the beginning of the study. Afterwards they had to take part at an interactive classroom based lecture about ALS. The next step was the skills training with task trainers in order to teach them compression skills. Afterwards, the conventional group was divided into three blue code teams consisting of each 5 participants for the simulation session. Two independent instructors evaluated the video recordings in terms of technical and nontechnical skills. The final stage of the study were completing the post-test. The members of VR group had a similar study flow but they had to play with the VR based ALS serious game module instead of the theoretical lecture during the study flow. A survey about preference of VR based trainings was conducted for the members of the VR group. Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test were used for statistical analysis of the two groups' performances in this study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 2
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Non-US/Canada
    • Istanbul, Non-US/Canada, Turkey, 34752
      • Acibadem University CASE (Center of Advanced Simulation and Education)

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 22 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having normal or corrected to normal vision
• No history of visually induced motion sickness

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previously experienced VR-induced motion sickness
• Other medical conditions (Epilepsy, vertigo attacks)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Conventional Training Group (15 Participants); The members of the conventional group had to complete pretest at the beginning of the study. Afterwards they had to take part at an interactive classroom based lecture about Advanced Life Support. The next step was the skills training with task trainers in order to teach them compression skills. Afterwards, the conventional group was divided into three blue code teams consisting of each 5 participants for the simulation session. Two independent instructors evaluated the video recordings in terms of technical and nontechnical skills. The final stage of the study were completing the post-test.	Other: Lecture based training for advanced life support; Taking part in a classical lecture about advanced life support.
Active Comparator: VR Group (14 Participants); The members of the VR group had to complete pretest at the beginning of the study. Afterwards they had to play with the VR based serious game module for Advanced Life Support. The next step was the skills training with task trainers in order to teach them compression skills. Afterwards, the conventional group was divided into three blue code teams consisting of each 5 participants for the simulation session. Two independent instructors evaluated the video recordings in terms of technical and nontechnical skills. The final stage of the study were completing the post-test. The aprticipants of this group were also asked to fill a survey about their VR experience during the study.	Other: ALS VR (VR based serious gaming module for advanced life support training); Using VR based serious gaming module for advanced life support training instead of taking part in a classical lecture about advanced life support.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Providing theoretical knowledge about Advanced Life Support Protocol by using VR based serious game module and classroom based theoretical lecture.	In the beginning of the study, the participants of the two groups (VR Group and Conventional Training Group) have answered the questions of the pretest. Afterwards, one group had VR based training and the other group had classroom based training. After completing the posttest at the end of the study, the pretest and posttest results were evaluated in order to compare the effectivity of VR based training and classroom based training. The maximum score that could be earned from the pretest and posttest 100.	4 hours
Potential of VR based training to replace classroom based lectures for advanced life support trainings.	Depending on the comparison of the pretest and posttest results, the participants, who were trained with VR based serious gaming module has similar results compared with the participants, who were trained with a classroom based lecture. The potential of VR based ALS trainings to replace classroom based lecture to provide ALS knowledge was investigated.	4 hours

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
VR preference	At the end of the study, the participants of the VR group were asked to fill a survey about their VR experience during the study. The survey for the VR group also revealed that the majority participants would prefer VR based ALS serious gaming module instead of lecture-based educations in the classroom. A five point Likert scale was used in the survey to evaluate the answers of the participants..	30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Acibadem University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 21, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 10, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): February 14, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 10, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 5, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 5, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Virtual Reality; Serious Game; Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022-19/04

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