The Effect of Escape Room on Nursing Process

July 14, 2026 updated by: Fatma DURSUN ERGEZEN, Akdeniz University

The Effect of Escape Room on Nursing Students' Knowledge of the Nursing Process and Diagnostic Accuracy: A Randomized Controlled Study

This study aimed to examine the effects of the escape room approach on nursing process knowledge and diagnostic accuracy among nursing students.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

52

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)
    • Antalya
      • Antalya, Antalya, Turkey (Türkiye), 07070
        • Akdeniz 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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Volunteering to participate in the study,
  • Taking the Fundamentals of Nursing II course for the first time,
  • Attending the 4-hour theoretical nursing process course

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Requesting to withdraw from the study at any stage,
  • Completing the data collection tools incompletely

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: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
The escape room teaching method for the nursing process was implemented with participants in the intervention group.
Behavioral: Escape room
Students in the intervention group participated in a four-station escape room activity designed to teach the nursing process. The activity incorporated educational tasks such as question cards, puzzles, and crossword puzzles.
No Intervention: Control
No instructional method other than the standard curriculum was implemented for the students.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Knowledge for nursing process
Time Frame: Pre-test data were collected in April after the theoretical and case-based sessions. Post-test data were collected one month later, following the escape room intervention.
Participants' knowledge of the nursing process was measured using the Nursing Process Knowledge Test. The test had previously been evaluated by the researchers, and its Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.77.
Pre-test data were collected in April after the theoretical and case-based sessions. Post-test data were collected one month later, following the escape room intervention.
Diagnostic accuracy
Time Frame: Pre-test data were collected in April after the theoretical and case-based sessions. Post-test data were collected one month later, following the escape room intervention.
Participants' ability to accurately identify nursing diagnoses for predeveloped clinical cases was evaluated using the Clinical Case-Based Nursing Diagnosis Assessment Form. Expert opinion was obtained during the development of the form. A total of 17 nursing diagnoses were identified.
Pre-test data were collected in April after the theoretical and case-based sessions. Post-test data were collected one month later, following the escape room intervention.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Akdeniz 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)

March 10, 2026

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 7, 2026

Study Completion (Actual)

May 7, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 9, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

July 16, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 16, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 14, 2026

Last Verified

July 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • FDErgezen

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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