Dietary Advice Training in Nursing Using Simulation and Interactive Fiction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Simulation Training; Computer Simulation; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Nutrition Therapy; Education, Nursing; Teaching Innovation

• Registration Number: NCT06737276
• Lead Sponsor: University of Cadiz

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of training nursing students using interactive fiction and role-play simulations as teaching methodologies in improving learning and decision-making competencies related to dietary advice.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-31
• Study Completion: 2022-05-31
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• First year of the Degree in Nursing at a Spanish university who were enrolled in the subject "Food, Nutrition and Dietetics".

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of attendance since the beginning of the course.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Learning	Pre-test (0 day), Post-test 1 (30th day), and Post-test 2 (60th day)	The assessment of the learning level during the intervention was measured by correcting the three unpublished case studies created using the interactive fiction methodology. Each case study consisted of 6 questions with 3 possible answers (1 point for the ideal answer, 0.5 points for the adequate answer and 0 points for the inadequate answer). For readability, the final scores were reconverted proportionally out of 10 before statistical analysis.
Decision-making	Pre-test (0 day), Post-test 1 (30th day), and Post-test 2 (60th day)	Measurement instrument: Clinical Decision-Making in Nursing Scale (CDMNS). It comprises the search for options or alternatives, information seeking and unbiased assimilation of new information, evaluation and re-evaluation of consequences, and probing of goals and values.
Quality of simulations	Post-test 1 (30th day), and Post-test 2 (60th day)	Measurement instrument: Simulation Design Scale (SDS). This scale measures students' perceptions of 5 dimensions related to simulation design: information, support, problem-solving, guided feedback and fidelity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Enjoyable experience	Pre-test (0 day), Post-test 1 (30th day), and Post-test 2 (60th day)	Measurement instrument: Gameful Experience Gamification (GAMEX) scale. It measures 6 dimensions of students' experience in gamified experiences or environments involving interactive enjoyment mechanisms.
Satisfaction	Post-test 1 (30th day), and Post-test 2 (60th day)	Measurement instrument: Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale (SCLS). It has 5 items on student satisfaction with instructional methods, learning materials and instructors, as well as 8 items on self-confidence in learning.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Nursing; 🇪🇸 Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain