Educational ProblemsNCT06277557
Evaluation of the Effects of Virtual Reality Learning Environment on Nursing Student Non-technical Skills Development
A study testing Virtual Reality in people with Educational Problems, run by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 1 site in Hong Kong.
Trial summary
The goal of this waitlist control study is to evaluate the benefits of virtual reality teaching pedagogy to developing non-technical skills in nursing students. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: 1. What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' situation awareness skills development? 2. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 22 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Educational Problems
- What is being tested?
- Virtual Reality
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 180 participants
- Where
- 1 siteHong Kong
- Study dates
- 10 Jan 2022to 31 Aug 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 22 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Students studying Year 3 of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and enrolled in the subject "Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making"
Who cannot join
- Students diagnosed with diminished visual acuity were excluded from the study to prevent the diminished visual function from affecting the VR experience.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of the Effects of Virtual Reality Learning Environment on Nursing Student Non-technical Skills Development: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The goal of this waitlist control study is to evaluate the benefits of virtual reality teaching pedagogy to developing non-technical skills in nursing students.
The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
Read more
- What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' situation awareness skills development?
- What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' communication skills development?
- What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' satisfaction/self-confidence in learning?
- What is the relationship between the sense of presence and satisfaction/ self-confidence in learning?
- How does the student's learning experience after VR training programs?
Participants will attend the Virtual Reality training program. Researchers will compare the use of high-fidelity simulation to see if the non-technical skills were developed.
Read the detailed description
The study employed a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest, non-equivalent waitlist control group design. First, the quantitative methods were applied to obtain numerical evidence regarding statistical trends across the experimental and waitlisted control groups.
A pretest-posttest non-equivalent waitlist control group design was employed.
Convenience sampling was adopted to recruit subjects. Participants were recruited from the students who had enrolled in the subject "Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making." They were assigned into two study groups according to the tutorial teaching schedule: the control and the experimental groups. The Control group attended the usual teaching activities: simulation followed by the intervention (VR), whereas the intervention group participated in the VR (intervention) session followed by the simulation session (control).
- Conditions
- Educational Problems
- Being tested
- Virtual Reality
- Keywords
- Virtual Reality, Simulation
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Virtual RealityOther
Virtual reality learning platform as intervention in this study
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| High fidelity Simulation | Other | conventional teaching method Receives: Other: Virtual Reality |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Situation awareness and communication skills
Use the "Virtual non-technical skills (v-NOTECHS)" scale (Sevidalis et al., 2008) to measure the situation awareness
Measured: 1) Before the intervention and waitlist control as baseline assessment; 2) immediately after the intervention or control measures as follow up assessment
Student's self-confidence in learning
Use the "Student satisfaction and self-confidence in Learning" inventory (National League for Nursing, 2005) to mesure the self-confidence in learning
Measured: 1) Before the intervention and waitlist control as baseline assessment; 2)immediately after the intervention or control measures as follow up assessment
Participants' sense of presence in this virtual clinical environment
Use the Presence Questionnaire to measure the sense of presence
Measured: Immediately after the intervention or control measures
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Feb 2024
- Study start10 Jan 2022
- Primary completion31 Aug 2023
- Study completion31 Aug 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Educational ProblemsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Model description
- Waitlist-control study
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 180 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Kam Hung LAI, Principal investigator, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06277557
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HSEARS20211229002
- Status last verified
- Jan 2022
- First submitted
- 14 Jan 2024
- Last updated
- 26 Feb 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: The study result as part of the doctoral study, and the details of the IPD will not shared.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Feb 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of the Effects of Virtual Reality Learning Environment on Nursing Student Non-technical Skills Development: A Quasi-Experimental Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06277557
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HSEARS20211229002
- Conditions
- Educational Problems
- Keywords
- Virtual Reality, Simulation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 180 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 10 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Aug 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Aug 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 26 Feb 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this waitlist control study is to evaluate the benefits of virtual reality teaching pedagogy to developing non-technical skills in nursing students.
The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
- What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' situation awareness skills development?
- What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' communication skills development?
- What is the relationship between VR training programs and students' satisfaction/self-confidence in learning?
- What is the relationship between the sense of presence and satisfaction/ self-confidence in learning?
- How does the student's learning experience after VR training programs?
Participants will attend the Virtual Reality training program. Researchers will compare the use of high-fidelity simulation to see if the non-technical skills were developed.
Detailed description
The study employed a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest, non-equivalent waitlist control group design. First, the quantitative methods were applied to obtain numerical evidence regarding statistical trends across the experimental and waitlisted control groups.
A pretest-posttest non-equivalent waitlist control group design was employed.
Convenience sampling was adopted to recruit subjects. Participants were recruited from the students who had enrolled in the subject "Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making." They were assigned into two study groups according to the tutorial teaching schedule: the control and the experimental groups. The Control group attended the usual teaching activities: simulation followed by the intervention (VR), whereas the intervention group participated in the VR (intervention) session followed by the simulation session (control).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- Waitlist-control study
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| High fidelity Simulation | Other | Other: Virtual Realityconventional teaching method |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 22 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Students studying Year 3 of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and enrolled in the subject "Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making"
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Students diagnosed with diminished visual acuity were excluded from the study to prevent the diminished visual function from affecting the VR experience.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual RealityVirtual reality learning platform as intervention in this study | Other | High fidelity Simulation |
Primary outcome
Situation awareness and communication skills
Time frame: 1) Before the intervention and waitlist control as baseline assessment; 2) immediately after the intervention or control measures as follow up assessment
Use the "Virtual non-technical skills (v-NOTECHS)" scale (Sevidalis et al., 2008) to measure the situation awareness
Student's self-confidence in learning
Time frame: 1) Before the intervention and waitlist control as baseline assessment; 2)immediately after the intervention or control measures as follow up assessment
Use the "Student satisfaction and self-confidence in Learning" inventory (National League for Nursing, 2005) to mesure the self-confidence in learning
Participants' sense of presence in this virtual clinical environment
Time frame: Immediately after the intervention or control measures
Use the Presence Questionnaire to measure the sense of presence
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Feb 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. The study result as part of the doctoral study, and the details of the IPD will not shared.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Kam Hung LAI principal investigator
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Virtual Reality in people with Educational Problems, run by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 1 site in Hong Kong.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Feb 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Situation awareness and communication skills (time frame: 1) Before the intervention and waitlist control as baseline assessment; 2) immediately after the intervention or control measures as follow up assessment). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Feb 2024.