VR Learning Program for Sexual-and-gender-diversity Care

April 14, 2026 updated by: Sheng-Miauh Huang, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital

Using Temporal Self-regulation Theory to Create a VR Learning Program for Sexual-and-gender-diversity Care and Evaluating the Effect on Caring Behaviors in Nursing Students: A Series of Studies

The study is designed to create a VR learning program for sexual-and-gender-diversity care and compare the short-term and long-term effects on caring behaviors in nursing students.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

130

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

      • Taipei, Taiwan
        • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung 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
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 80 hours of nursing practice experience

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Visual impairment

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Control group
The control group will receive the traditional SGD care learning program.
The experimental group will receive SGD care VR learning program via the teaching web platform as the intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Caring Behaviors Scale
Time Frame: Six month
The Caring Behaviors Scale (CBS) with Chinese version, with 27 items, was used to measure students' caring behaviors. The three domains of the scale are patient advocacy, knowing the patient, and helping the patient through the illness trajectory. The CBS is a four-point Likert scale to measure the frequency of caring behavior. The range of total scores was between 0 and 81. Higher scores indicate a greater frequency of caring behaviors.
Six month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Jefferson Scale of Empathy
Time Frame: Six month
Empathy was measured using the Chinese version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy- Healthcare Providers (JSE-HP), developed based on a literature review. The components of the scale included perspective-taking, compassionate care, and standing in the patient's shoes. The JSE-HP is a 7-point Likert scale, with a score of 1 indicating strong disagreement and 7 indicating strong agreement. Ten of the 20 questions were negative, and 10 were positive, with a total score of 20-140, with higher scores indicating more positive empathy.
Six month
Nursing Student Competence Scale
Time Frame: Six month
The Nursing Student Competence Scale (NSCS) with Chinese version was used to measure students' nursing competence. The NSCS with 30 items includes six dimensions: medical-related knowledge (5 itesm), basic nursing skills (5 itesm), communication and cooperation (5 itesm), lifelong learning (5 itesm), global vision (5 itesm), and critical thinking (5 itesm). The responses to each item were based on a 5-point Likert scale, with a score of 1 indicating strong disagreement and 5 indicating strong agreement. A higher scale score meant a greater nursing ability. The range of total scores was between 5 and 150.
Six month

Collaborators and Investigators

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Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 8, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

April 17, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 17, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NSTC 114-2410-H-A49-086

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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