Using a Serious Game to Teach People How to Recognize and Respond to Opioid Overdose
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Enrollment
- 850
- Primary Endpoint
- Naloxone administration Skill
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the efficacy of a serious game to teach students how to recognize and respond to opioid overdose
Detailed Description
This study uses an interactive realistic film depicting an opioid overdose to teach high school/middle school students how to recognize and respond to opioid overdose. The film features a person who finds their friend unresponsive, with evidence of opioid use. The unresponsive friend demonstrates signs of opioid overdose. The hero must recognize opioid overdose, administer naloxone (opioid antedote) and perform CPR. The film is made interactive by the narrator pausing the action of the film, and asking learners to answer questions/make choices.
Efficacy is tested on the day of training, and 2-4 months later. Efficacy is measured by student ability to correctly administer naloxone to a manikin, perform CPR, and answer knowledge questions about opioid overdose. Other studied metrics include student engagement/enjoyment, attitudes/biases, and emotions created by the training. These will be tested through validated questionnaires.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Student at participating school, enrolled in Health or Science Class
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Control
No intervention/training
Serious Game
Serious Game training to respond to opioid overdose
Intervention: Serious game training (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Naloxone administration Skill
Time Frame: Day of training, and 2-3 months
Properly administer naloxone to a victim of opioid overdose Study personnel will ask students to administer naloxone to a CPR manikin. Personnel will use a checklist from the Center for Addiction and Mental Health to score student responses.
Secondary Outcomes
- CPR Skill(Day of training, and 2-3 months)
- Attitudes towards opioid overdose(Day of training, and 2-3 months)
- Knowledge of opioid overdose response(Day of training, and 2-3 months)