Comparing the Outcomes of Virtual Reality Based Serious Gaming and Lecture Based Training for Advanced Life Support

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Completed

• Conditions: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Interventions: Other: Lecture based training for advanced life support; Other: ALS VR (VR based serious gaming module for advanced life support training)

• Registration Number: NCT05798910
• Lead Sponsor: Acibadem University

Brief Summary

The hypothesis of this study is to reveal whether virtual reality(VR) based Advanced Life Support(ALS) serious game module can replace classroom-based ALS lecture, which is part of existing ALS training protocol in addition to skills training.

Detailed Description

The participants consisting of students from Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Vocational School for Anesthesiology (N=29) were randomly divided into two groups with 15 (Conventional training group) and 14 (VR based training group) participants each. The members of the conventional group had to complete pretest at the beginning of the study. Afterwards they had to take part at an interactive classroom based lecture about ALS. The next step was the skills training with task trainers in order to teach them compression skills. Afterwards, the conventional group was divided into three blue code teams consisting of each 5 participants for the simulation session. Two independent instructors evaluated the video recordings in terms of technical and nontechnical skills. The final stage of the study were completing the post-test. The members of VR group had a similar study flow but they had to play with the VR based ALS serious game module instead of the theoretical lecture during the study flow. A survey about preference of VR based trainings was conducted for the members of the VR group. Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test were used for statistical analysis of the two groups' performances in this study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-21
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-10
• Study Completion: 2023-02-14
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2

Inclusion Criteria

• Having normal or corrected to normal vision
• No history of visually induced motion sickness

Exclusion Criteria

• Previously experienced VR-induced motion sickness
• Other medical conditions (Epilepsy, vertigo attacks)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Conventional Training Group (15 Participants)	Lecture based training for advanced life support	The members of the conventional group had to complete pretest at the beginning of the study. Afterwards they had to take part at an interactive classroom based lecture about Advanced Life Support. The next step was the skills training with task trainers in order to teach them compression skills. Afterwards, the conventional group was divided into three blue code teams consisting of each 5 participants for the simulation session. Two independent instructors evaluated the video recordings in terms of technical and nontechnical skills. The final stage of the study were completing the post-test.
VR Group (14 Participants)	ALS VR (VR based serious gaming module for advanced life support training)	The members of the VR group had to complete pretest at the beginning of the study. Afterwards they had to play with the VR based serious game module for Advanced Life Support. The next step was the skills training with task trainers in order to teach them compression skills. Afterwards, the conventional group was divided into three blue code teams consisting of each 5 participants for the simulation session. Two independent instructors evaluated the video recordings in terms of technical and nontechnical skills. The final stage of the study were completing the post-test. The aprticipants of this group were also asked to fill a survey about their VR experience during the study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Providing theoretical knowledge about Advanced Life Support Protocol by using VR based serious game module and classroom based theoretical lecture.	4 hours	In the beginning of the study, the participants of the two groups (VR Group and Conventional Training Group) have answered the questions of the pretest. Afterwards, one group had VR based training and the other group had classroom based training. After completing the posttest at the end of the study, the pretest and posttest results were evaluated in order to compare the effectivity of VR based training and classroom based training. The maximum score that could be earned from the pretest and posttest 100.
Potential of VR based training to replace classroom based lectures for advanced life support trainings.	4 hours	Depending on the comparison of the pretest and posttest results, the participants, who were trained with VR based serious gaming module has similar results compared with the participants, who were trained with a classroom based lecture. The potential of VR based ALS trainings to replace classroom based lecture to provide ALS knowledge was investigated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Acibadem University CASE (Center of Advanced Simulation and Education); 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Non-US/Canada, Turkey