The Effect of Basic Life Support Training Given by the Escape Room Method on the Knowledge and Skills of Nursing Students

January 12, 2026 updated by: Gülcan Dürüst Sakallı, Eastern Mediterranean University

Today, nursing education is not only about the transfer of theoretical information, but also includes the acquisition of multidimensional skills such as clinical decision making, critical thinking and teamwork. In this context, educational escape room games stand out as an effective teaching strategy, especially in basic life support (BLS) applications that require emergency management (Adams, Burger, Crawford & Setter, 2018; Gómez-Urquiza et al., 2019).

Escape room games are team-based, interactive and gamified learning environments in which participants solve puzzles by cooperating within a certain scenario in a limited time and try to achieve the specified goal (Nicholson, 2015; Wiemker, Elumir & Clare, 2015; Clarke et al., 2017). In the teaching of emergency interventions such as cpr, which require time management, quick decision making and coordinated teamwork, this game structure enables students to develop both knowledge and skills (Tassemeyer, Glover & Steve

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

64

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 (Türkiye)
      • Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye), +90
        • Eastern Mediterranean University Cyprus

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
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Criteria for inclusion in the sample;

  • Being older than 18 years of age
  • Being a 4th grade student in the Department of Nursing Turkish

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: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

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

In this study, the game will be applied to the students in the game group by giving basic life support application training with escape room training method. Before the game process, the game scenario will be explained in detail to the students in the game group.

With randomization, students assigned to the escape room group will carry out the activity using a game prepared with a scenario designed by researchers and evaluated by experts in the field. During the activity, researchers will observe and assess the data using a skill form. The completion times for the activity will be recorded. The pre-test knowledge test, the post-test knowledge test, and the knowledge test taken one month later will be compared.
Other: Experimental escape room group
With randomization, students assigned to the escape room group will carry out the activity using a game prepared with a scenario designed by researchers and evaluated by experts in the field. During the activity, researchers will observe and assess the data using a skill form. The completion times for the activity will be recorded. The pre-test knowledge test, the post-test knowledge test, and the knowledge test taken one month later will be compared.
Other: plasebo control group
With randomization, students assigned to the placebo (control) group in this group will perform the procedure using the standard BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (ADULT) SIMULATOR MANIKIN by the researchers. During the procedure, the researchers will observe and evaluate the data using a skills form. The pre-test knowledge test, the post-test knowledge test, and the knowledge test taken one month later will be compared.
Placebo Comparator: control group
Students in the control group will be evaluated by practicing with a CPR simulator. With randomization, students assigned to the placebo (control) group in this group will perform the procedure using the standard BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (ADULT) SIMULATOR MANIKIN by the researchers. During the procedure, the researchers will observe and evaluate the data using a skills form. The pre-test knowledge test, the post-test knowledge test, and the knowledge test taken one month later will be compared.
Other: Experimental escape room group
With randomization, students assigned to the escape room group will carry out the activity using a game prepared with a scenario designed by researchers and evaluated by experts in the field. During the activity, researchers will observe and assess the data using a skill form. The completion times for the activity will be recorded. The pre-test knowledge test, the post-test knowledge test, and the knowledge test taken one month later will be compared.
Other: plasebo control group
With randomization, students assigned to the placebo (control) group in this group will perform the procedure using the standard BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (ADULT) SIMULATOR MANIKIN by the researchers. During the procedure, the researchers will observe and evaluate the data using a skills form. The pre-test knowledge test, the post-test knowledge test, and the knowledge test taken one month later will be compared.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Measurement of Adult Basic Life Support Application Knowledge
Time Frame: This evaluation will be conducted before the application, immediately after the application, and again one week later.
0-50 points is bad, 50-80 points is average, 80-100 points is good.
This evaluation will be conducted before the application, immediately after the application, and again one week later.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Measurement of Self-Efficacy of Basic Resuscitation Skills
Time Frame: The Self-Efficacy Measurement for Basic Resuscitation Skills will be administered on the day of the training and again 1 month after the training.
as the score increases, it shows that his skill is good
The Self-Efficacy Measurement for Basic Resuscitation Skills will be administered on the day of the training and again 1 month after the training.

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Measurement of Basic Resuscitation Skills Self-Efficacy
Time Frame: This evaluation form will be administered on the day of the intervention and will also be repeated one month after the intervention.
The score definition here is that the student assigns themselves a score between 0 and 100; each question relates to their self-efficacy regarding the subject. As the score increases, the student considers themselves sufficiently competent in the subject.
This evaluation form will be administered on the day of the intervention and will also be repeated one month after the intervention.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Eastern Mediterranean University

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

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 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

November 28, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 28, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 12, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

January 21, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 21, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 12, 2026

Last Verified

January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • EasternMU-SBF-HB-GDS-03

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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