The Effect of Digital Game Use in Teaching Subcutaneous Injection Administration Skills to Nursing Students

The Effect of Using Digital Games on Learning Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Providing Nursing Students With Subcutaneous Injection Skills

The goal of this to determine the effect of a digital game-based application on learning satisfaction and self-confidence in the acquisition of subcutaneous drug administration skills by nursing students.

The research hypotheses it aims to answer are:

• Hypothesis 1: The subcutaneous injection knowledge level of the students who are educated with the digital game method is higher than the students who receive the traditional education.
• Hypothesis 2: The subcutaneous injection skill test scores of the students who were educated with the digital game method were higher than the students who received the traditional education.
• Hypothesis 3: The satisfaction and self-confidence level of the students who are educated with the digital game method towards subcutaneous injection is higher than the students who receive the traditional education.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nursing Education
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: subcutaneous injection administration game; Other: control group

Detailed Description

In studies on the use of digital games in nursing education; Students value instant feedback, visuals and experiential learning, the game developed to improve their decision-making and reasoning skills is extremely useful, useful and enjoyable, from nursing students to those with no previous operating room experience. It has been stated that when the application is made with a game-like simulation, the information is more permanent, they behave more collaboratively, and they experience less fear. The study was planned in a randomized controlled experimental design with pretest-posttest, experimental and control groups.

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

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, 34093
    • Burcu Demircan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being a 1st year nursing student

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous training in subcutaneous application skills

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Subcutaneous injection practice game; After the subcutaneous injection was explained to the experimental group, the digital game developed for subcutaneous injection was explained and they were allowed to play the game for a week. Afterwards, the experimental group was shown the subcutaneous injection application on a low-reality model of the abdomen, and the students were allowed to practice the skill.	Other: subcutaneous injection administration game; The subcutaneous injection practice game was developed to examine nursing students' injection practice skills and its effect on their satisfaction with learning.; Other: control group; only
Active Comparator: Traditional education; The students in the control group were given the traditional education method (subcutaneous injection application on a low-reality abdominal model after the completion of the theoretical course on the subject of subcutaneous injection).	Other: control group; only

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Digital game method and subcutaneous injection knowledge level-pre-test	The level of knowledge about subcutaneous injection was measured by the "Subcutaneous Injection Knowledge Test", which was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature and submitted to expert opinion and whose Content Validity was calculated. The subcutaneous injection knowledge test is a multiple choice test consisting of 25 questions. The scores obtained from the test will not be classified according to the level of achievement, the averages of the achievement scores of the groups were compared.	"1 week"
Digital game and subcutaneous injection skill level	Subcutaneous injection skill level was measured with the "Subcutaneous Heparin Injection Administration Skill Checklist", which was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature and submitted to expert opinion and whose Content Validity was calculated. There are 33 items in the Subcutaneous Heparin Injection Administration Skill Checklist. Each item consists of three points as "adequate", "developmental" and "inadequate", respectively. The scores of these degrees are "2", "1", "0", respectively. The highest score that can be obtained from the test is "66" and the lowest score is "0".	"2 week"
Level of satisfaction and self-confidence in digital gaming and learning	Students' satisfaction and self-confidence levels were measured with the Turkish validity and reliability study "Learning Satisfaction and Confidence in Learning Scale". The scale consists of "13" items and the 13th item of the scale is reverse coded. Each item was scored on a five-point Likert scale between "strongly disagree-strongly agree". The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 13, and the highest score is 65.	"2 week"

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Digital game method and subcutaneous injection knowledge level-post-test	The level of knowledge about subcutaneous injection was measured by the "Subcutaneous Injection Knowledge Test", which was prepared by the researchers in accordance with the literature and presented to the expert opinion and whose Content Validity was calculated. The subcutaneous injection knowledge test is a multiple choice test consisting of 25 questions. The post-test was administered to both groups 2 weeks after all the interventions. The scores obtained from the test will not be classified according to the level of success, the averages of the groups' achievement scores will be compared.	"4 week"

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bezmialem Vakif University
• Investigators: Study Director: Hatice Kaya, Professor, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 27, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 25, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): August 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 28, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 14, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 14, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: nursing students; self-confidence; digital game; learning satisfaction
• Other Study ID Numbers: Bvu_Nursing-2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Since the study phases have not yet been completed and the thesis process is ongoing, the data is not suitable for sharing.

Drug and device information, study documents

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