Virtual Reality Video-based Learning

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nursing Education; Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: VR materials; Behavioral: Tutorial guide

• Registration Number: NCT05440877
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

This teaching development aims to enhance the clinical reasoning and empathy of nursing students in nursing students in smoking cessation training. The evaluation aims to assess the feasibility and efficacy of virtual reality (VR) video-based learning for enhancing self-efficacy in delivering smoking cessation intervention. The proposed study is 2-arm, waitlist-control, pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) (allocation ratio 1:1), by comparing the self-efficacy and performance of clinical reasoning between nursing students who are provided VR videos of a smoker's real-life scenario and reading materials (intervention group) and those who are only provided the same reading materials (control). Individual randomization will be used. All participants will be given a group assignment and expected to complete the assignment by the end of the tutorial. The group assignment and self-administered pre- and post-learning survey will be used for the teaching outcome evaluation.

Detailed Description

The proposed study is 2-arm, waitlist-control, pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) (allocation ratio 1:1), by comparing the self-efficacy and performance of clinical reasoning between nursing students who are provided VR videos of a smoker's real-life scenario and reading materials (intervention group) and those who are only provided the same reading materials (control). Individual randomization will be used. All participants will be given a group assignment and expected to complete the assignment by the end of the tutorial. The group assignment and self-administered pre- and post-learning survey will be used for the teaching outcome evaluation.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-01
• Study Start: 2021-03-06
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-19
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study Completion: 2022-06-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

The study targets to recruit candidates of Master of Nursing who are taking the course "Tobacco Dependency Nursing Intervention and Management (NURS8205)" (n=65). All candidates are registered nurses.

Exclusion Criteria

Students who cannot understand Cantonese will be excluded from the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Tutorial guide	Provided with a tutorial guide, and VR-based teaching materials in the tutorial session
Intervention group	VR materials	Provided with a tutorial guide, and VR-based teaching materials in the tutorial session
Control group	Tutorial guide	Provided with the tutorial guide in the tutorial session.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric	After the tutorial (at 1-day)	(1) Effective noticing: Focused observation; (2) Effective noticing: Recognizing deviations from expected patterns; (3) Effective noticing: Information seeking; (4) Effective interpreting: Prioritizing data; (5) Effective interpreting: Making sense of data; (6) Effective responding: Well-planned intervention/flexibility; (7) Effective responding: Being skilful; (8) Effective reflecting: Evaluation/self-analysis. Each item can be scored from exemplary, accomplished, developing and beginning.
Self-efficacy in delivering smoking cessation intervention	Before and after the tutorial (at 1-day)	(1) Understand the quitting barriers of smokers barriers; (2) Design quit plan for smoking patients; (3) Prioritize interventions for smoking patients; (4) Educate smoking patients on essential tasks; (5) Overall confidence in the management of smoking patients; and (6) Overall competence in the management of smoking patients. Each item can be scored from 0 (not at all competent) to 10 (extremely competent).
Empathy in delivering smoking cessation intervention	Before and after the tutorial (at 1-day)	(1) Show empathy to smoking patients; (2) Show care to smoking patients; (3) Being positive; (4) See things from smokers' perspective; (5) Can you show tender feeling for smokers? (0: Not at all, 5: half and half, 10: extremely); (6) Do you feel sorry for smokers who are unable to quit? (0: Not sorry at all, 5: half and half, 10: extremely sorry); (7) Do you feel sorry for smokers who do not want to quit? (0: Not sorry at all, 5: half and half, 10: extremely sorry); and (8) Do you feel annoyed if smokers ignore your cessation advice (0: Not annoyed at all, 5: half and half, 10: extremely annoyed). Each item can be scored from 0 (not at all competent) to 10 (extremely competent).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong