Escape Room Game in Oncology Nursing

March 5, 2024 updated by: Tuğçe Türten Kaymaz, Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

The Effect of the Escape Room Game on Students' Academic Self-Efficacy and Critical Thinking: An Oncology Nursing Course Example

This research will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the escape room game activity applied to nursing students taking oncology nursing courses on their academic self-efficacy and critical thinking motivation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Considering the characteristics of cancer patients and the complexity of care, it is essential to include a separate oncology nursing course in the education curriculum to increase the qualifications of nursing students. During undergraduate nursing education, clinical practices for care in oncological diseases are limited. New approaches are needed that will contribute to increasing the effectiveness of the educational processes of nursing students. Escape room game-based educational approaches, which have begun to be used in nursing education in recent years, are presented as an example of this situation. Escape games are defined as a type of student-centered activity designed to improve students' learning and skills in professional development programs. The main purpose of using escape games in nursing education is to create practice environments where students will gain clinical decision-making competence in order to provide safe and qualified patient care services. This research was designed to determine the effect of the escape room game applied to students taking oncology nursing courses on their academic self-efficacy and critical thinking motivation.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

42

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Çubuk
      • Ankara, Çubuk, Turkey, 06760
        • Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being enrolled in the Oncology Nursing course and volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not completing the game during the escape room game and/or filling in the scales and forms incompletely

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: escape room game

The participant list will be uploaded to a program and teams of 6-8 people will be formed with random names. The participant list will be uploaded to a program and teams of 6-8 people will be formed with random names. Each team will play the escape game.

Participants will be informed about the game. He/she will be asked to solve puzzles within the framework of an oncology patient scenario. There will be a debriefing session at the end of the escape game.

Participants will be informed with a scenario containing the story of an oncology patient, and puzzles-riddles related to the case will be given within the game. They will get a letter when they solve each riddle and complete the game by solving the password.
Behavioral: escape room game
Participants will be informed about the game (15 minutes). They will complete the game by solving puzzles within the framework of the oncology patient scenario (approximately 30 minutes). There will be a debriefing session at the end of the escape game (15 minutes).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Academic Self-Efficacy Scale
Time Frame: First assessment; after the pre-briefing, immediately before the game. Second assessment; immediately after the debriefing, approximately 15 minute after the game.
The scale consists of 4 sub-dimensions and 14 items. An increase in the score obtained indicates that the student's academic self-efficacy also increases.
First assessment; after the pre-briefing, immediately before the game. Second assessment; immediately after the debriefing, approximately 15 minute after the game.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Critical Thinking Motivation Scale
Time Frame: First assessment; after the pre-briefing, immediately before the game. Second assessment; immediately after the debriefing, approximately 15 minute after the game .
This scale was developed to provide information about motivation for a specific critical thinking task. The scale consists of 19 Likert-type items ranging from 1 to 6 (1 = "I Strongly Disagree" and 6 = "I Strongly Agree"). The scale consists of two main sub-dimensions named "expectation" and "value". An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates that the student's critical thinking motivation has increased.
First assessment; after the pre-briefing, immediately before the game. Second assessment; immediately after the debriefing, approximately 15 minute after the game .
Game-X Scale
Time Frame: Immediately after the debriefing, approximately 15 minute after the game.
The scale was developed in 2018 to evaluate game experiences. In this scale, factors covering six dimensions namely absorption, enjoyment, activation, creative thinking, absence of negativity and dominance. The scale consists of 27 questions and 6 sub-dimensions. The scale is Likert type and responses are scored between 1 (never) and 5 (always). An increase in the score obtained indicates that the gaming experience is positive.
Immediately after the debriefing, approximately 15 minute after the game.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tuğçe Türten Kaymaz, PhD, Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
  • Principal Investigator: Betül Çakmak, Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 25, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 25, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

December 26, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 12, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

December 26, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 6, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2024

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AnkaraYBU-SBF-TTK-01

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

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