Virtual Game Simulation in Patient Safety

December 20, 2024 updated by: Derya Avan Çınar, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

The Effectiveness of Virtual Game Simulation Method Designed for Patient Safety in Nursing Students

With the development of technology, virtual game simulation is starting to take an important place in nursing education, which has spread to the virtual world. There are studies conducted with this application, but there are no virtual game simulation studies related to patient safety. The planned study aims to measure nursing students' tendencies and attitudes towards medical errors, satisfaction and self-confidence in nursing practices with a virtual game simulation related to patient safety developed by the researcher.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Simulation, also defined as activities that imitate clinical practices and simulation, are applications that provide competency-based clinical experience in a realistic environment that does not carry the risk of the real situation and is of great importance in terms of patient safety. Virtual game simulation, which includes technology and is one of the simulation applications, is a two-dimensional virtual computer game that includes simulated real people and allows students to actively participate in a clinical scenario. While the use of virtual game simulation in nursing education increases students' critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills, it also provides learning by making mistakes and correcting mistakes by increasing individual development. The use of virtual game simulation in nursing education is necessary and important in ensuring and protecting patient safety. Virtual games, whose main purpose is to learn, have the potential to increase student participation, role-play difficult situations, try new reactions or work on creative solutions.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

132

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 Contact

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Health Sciences University Hamidiye Faculty of Nursing
        • Contact:

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Having taken the Fundamentals of Nursing course,
  • Being willing and eager to participate in the study,
  • Completing the Data Collection Forms completely,
  • Not having any communication problems related to vision or hearing,
  • Completing all stages of the simulation training process.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not having received simulation training regarding patient safety.

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Experimental: Experiment group
Group to be applied virtual game simulation
Other: Virtual Game Simulation
A virtual computer game that enables participation in a clinical scenario to measure competence.
Other Names:
  • experimental

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Structured Student Information Form
Time Frame: one month
The structured student information form, developed by the researcher in line with literature knowledge, includes a total of 13 questions on topics such as students' age, gender, etc.
one month
Modified Simulation Effectiveness Tool
Time Frame: one month
The measurement tool for students' perceptions of the effectiveness of learning in a simulation environment was designed for self-reporting. The measurement tool has 19 items and four sub-dimensions. It is a 3-point Likert-type scale where the items are scored from 1 to 3. Scored as 1 - "Disagree", 2 - "Partially Agree", 3 - "Strongly Agree". The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the measurement tool is 0.93; the Cronbach Alpha coefficients of its sub-dimensions are 0.83, 0.85, 0.91 and 0.90, respectively. The total score is obtained by summing up all sub-dimension scores.
one month
Simulation Design Scale
Time Frame: one month
The scale consists of 20 items and five subscales: "Goals and Information", "Support", "Problem Solving", "Feedback/Guided Reflection", and "Authenticity". The scale consists of two parts. The first part measures whether the best simulation design elements were applied in the simulation application. This section includes the statements "Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Undecided", "Agree", "Strongly Agree", and "Not Appropriate". The second part measures how important the simulation application is for the students. This section includes the statements "Not Important", "Partially Important", "Undecided", "Important", and "Very Important". Cronbach's Alpha values for the subheadings vary between 0.73 and 0.86. The score range is determined as 1 point being the lowest and 5 points being the highest. The scale is scored by dividing the total score given to the answers by the number of items.
one month
Student Satisfaction and Learning Self-Confidence Scale
Time Frame: one month
It consists of two sub-dimensions, "satisfaction with learning" and "self-confidence", and a total of 13 items. The 13th item in the scale is reverse coded. The answer options are 5= Strongly agree, 4= Agree, 3= Undecided: Neither agree nor disagree, 2= Disagree, 1= Strongly disagree. The score is obtained from the sum of the items in the scale. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 65, the lowest score is 13. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.94.
one month
Medical Error Scale for Nursing Students
Time Frame: one month
The scale was prepared in a 5-point Likert type consisting of 36 items and 7 sub-dimensions, evaluated as always (5), usually (4), sometimes (3), rarely (2), never (1). The total score range of the scale is between 36 and 180. Scores close to 180 on the scale indicate that student nurses are controlled or careful regarding medical errors, while scores close to 36 indicate that student nurses are not controlled regarding medical errors or may make medical errors.
one month
Attitude Scale on Medical Errors
Time Frame: one month
The scale consists of 16 items and 3 sub-dimensions. The aim of the scale is to examine the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards medical errors. It has 3 sub-headings: medical error perception (2 items), medical error approach (7 items), and reasons for medical errors (7 items). The scale is a five-point Likert-type scale. The scores of the answers to the items range from (1) I completely disagree to (5) I completely agree. Questions 10 and 13 under the sub-heading of medical error approach are reverse scored. The cut-off point of the scale is determined as 3. In the scale calculation, the total scale score is obtained by dividing the scale item number. In the sub-dimension calculation, the total score of the sub-dimension is divided by the number of items related to the relevant sub-dimension. The obtained score is between 1 and 5.
one month

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Derya AVAN ÇINAR, Study Principal Investigator, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

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 (Estimated)

March 30, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

May 30, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 18, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 18, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 20, 2024

Last Verified

December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SBU-SBEH-DAC-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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