The Effect of an Escape Room Simulation on Nursing Students' Educational Leadership Skills: An Experimental Study (Educational Le)

March 25, 2026 updated by: Mehmet Aygün, Near East University, Turkey

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of an escape room simulation on educational leadership skills among undergraduate nursing students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does participation in an escape room simulation improve nursing students' educational leadership skills, including visionary, instructional, and scientific leadership?

Are there differences in educational leadership outcomes between students who participate in an escape room simulation and those who receive traditional teaching methods?

Researchers will compare an escape room simulation to traditional teaching methods to determine whether the simulation-based approach is more effective in improving educational leadership skills.

Participants will:

Be assigned to either an escape room simulation group or a traditional teaching group

Complete the Educational Leadership Scale before and after the intervention

Participate in a single escape room simulation session (experimental group only)

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

70

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

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:

  • Those who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students who cannot participate in the simulation due to health conditions

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: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Escape Room Simulation Group
Participants in this arm receive an escape room-based simulation designed to support educational leadership skills in undergraduate nursing education. The simulation is conducted in a nursing laboratory using a scenario that requires problem solving and decision making within a limited time.
Behavioral: Escape Room Simulation
An escape room-based simulation implemented in a nursing laboratory setting. Participants work in small groups to solve scenario-based challenges within a limited time. The intervention is designed to support the development of educational leadership skills through experiential learning and problem-solving activities.
Active Comparator: Traditional Teaching Group
Participants in this arm receive traditional teaching methods without the use of simulation or game-based learning during the study period.
Other: Traditional Teaching Methods
Participants receive traditional teaching methods without the use of simulation or game-based learning during the study period.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Educational Leadership Scale for Nursing Students Total Score
Time Frame: Baseline and immediately after intervention (approximately 4 weeks)
The Educational Leadership Scale for Nursing Students will be used to assess educational leadership. The scale consists of 19 items and 3 subdimensions: visionary leadership, instructional leadership, and scientific leadership. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Total scores range from 19 to 95, with higher scores indicating better educational leadership skills.
Baseline and immediately after intervention (approximately 4 weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Near East University, Turkey

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)

June 15, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 1, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 25, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

March 30, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 30, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 25, 2026

Last Verified

March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • YDU/2025/133-1958

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

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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