The Effects of Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality Usage on Oral Care Knowledge in Nursing Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Virtual Reality; Oral Care; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Interventions: Other: Virtual Reality Usage on Oral Care Knowledge

• Registration Number: NCT05248542
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of virtual reality usage on oral care knowledge in nursing students. The participants were randomly assigned to virtual-reality experimental and control groups. The students in experimental group received a 30 minutes virtual reality (VR) training for elderly oral health care at the second week and the fourth week after the first time survey. All students self-administrated questionnaire three times at first date of consent form signed, immediately after each of the intervention for period of two weeks. Linear regression in generalized estimating equations (GEE) compare the differences between both groups.

Detailed Description

A total of 50 first-year to third-year undergraduate nursing students were included from the Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. The students were randomly assigned divided at random into two groups, control (n = 25) and experimental (n = 25).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-23
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-19
• Study Completion: 2021-11-12
• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

1. undergraduate freshman, sophomore, and junior nursing students
2. those volunteered to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria

1. students with known negative effects of using VR devices, such as nausea, vomiting, etc.
2. those under 20 years of age who had not obtained the consent of a legal representative to participate in this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Virtual Reality group	Virtual Reality Usage on Oral Care Knowledge	Each participant in the experimental group received a 30 minutes of individualized VR-based simulation education in a dedicated oral skills training room.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Behavioral intention of geriatric oral hygiene scale	through study completion, an average of 4 weeks	The behavioral intention scale of the geriatric oral hygiene included ten items. Each item was scored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), with a higher score indicated a higher level of the behavioral intention of geriatric oral hygiene. The total score ranged from 5 to 50.
Knowledge of geriatric oral hygiene scale	through study completion, an average of 4 weeks	There were 10 items to evaluate the participants' knowledge of the geriatric oral hygiene scale Each item had three response options: true, false, and unknown. The total score ranged from 0 to 10 and a higher score indicated a higher level of knowledge of geriatric oral hygiene.
Attitudes of geriatric oral hygiene scale	through study completion, an average of 4 weeks	The attitudes of geriatric oral hygiene scale included seven items. Each item was scored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The total score ranged from 5 to 35 and a higher score indicated a positive attitude toward geriatric oral hygiene.
Self-efficacy of geriatric oral hygiene scale	through study completion, an average of 4 weeks	The self-efficacy of geriatric oral hygiene scale included ten items. Each item was scored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) and the higher score was for a higher level of self-efficacy of geriatric oral hygiene, vise versa. The total score ranged from 5 to 50.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaohsiung Medical University; 🇨🇳 Kaohsiung, Taiwan