The Impact of Escape Room Experience in Nursing Students

May 7, 2025 updated by: Seda Akutay, TC Erciyes University

The Impact of Escape Room Experience on Problem Solving and Professional Behavior Levels in Nursing Students: An Interventional Educational Study

Gamification is an applied, team-based approach in which students are actively involved. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of escape room experience on the level of problem solving skills and professional behavior in nursing students.

This study was completed in a randomized controlled trial with 43 final year nursing students from a university. Students were randomized into intervention (n=22) and control (n=21) groups. In this study, data were collected with the Game Experience Scale, Problem Solving Inventory, and Nursing Students Professional Behavior Scale. The data obtained from the study were evaluated with SPSS 24.0. Descriptive statistics; number (n), percentage (%), mean (X), standard deviation (SD) were given. Statistical significance level was evaluated as p<0.05. The students in the intervention group analyzed the breast cancer surgery case with the escape room experience. The students were divided into groups of 5 and tried to complete the tasks given by the researchers within 30 minutes. During the escape room practice, the researchers were present in the rooms as observers and evaluated the participants.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

43

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
      • Kayseri, Turkey, 38000
        • Erciyes University Faculty of Health Sciences

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:

  • Active students in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year,
  • A fourth-year nursing student,
  • To take the surgical diseases nursing intern practice module,
  • Preparing an individualized patient care plan for at least one surgical patient,
  • Students who have previously prepared and presented at least one surgical patient-specific case with group work

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Those who have lessons they did not take in 1st-3rd classes,
  • Never planned care for surgical patients in previous clinical practice,
  • Students who refused to participate in the study

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Experimental: Intervention group
Other: escape room
Nursing students in the intervention group analyzed the breast cancer surgery case with the escape room experience.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Problem solving level
Time Frame: 5 week
The problem solving levels of nursing students will be evaluated using the problem solving inventory in the first week and the last week of the 5-week follow-up period.
5 week
professional behavior level
Time Frame: 5 week
The professional behavior levels of nursing students will be evaluated using the Professional Behavior Scale for Nursing Students in the first and last week of the 5-week follow-up period.
5 week

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

TC Erciyes 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)

May 6, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 12, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

August 15, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 1, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 7, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

August 12, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 11, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2025

Last Verified

May 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ErciyesUniv

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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