Blood Transfusion Education Using Blended Virtual Reality and Simulation for Nursing Undergraduate Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Blood Transfusion Complication
• Interventions: Device: Evidence-based VR simulation

• Registration Number: NCT05922163
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

Nurse-administered blood transfusion (BT) is a common form of medical treatment, but nursing students are often excluded from participating in and observing BTs during clinical placements. To address clinical placement limitations, nursing educators have increasingly adopted technology-guided simulation pedagogies, including virtual reality (VR) simulation, for nursing students' clinical skills education.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-18
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-28
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 151

Inclusion Criteria

• All undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the 'Nursing of Adults' course in a pre-licensure program at a Hong Kong university.

Exclusion Criteria

• Students who had vision impairment to watch VR videos;
• Students who had neck pain/ injury to move their head, or open wound to wear the VR headset;
• Students who experienced nausea and dizziness when watching VR videos;
• Students who had epileptic symptoms

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Group	Evidence-based VR simulation	Receive the usual blood transfusion education (i.e. Zoom lecture) with the developed VR (Virtual Reality) video education.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood transfusion knowledge scale (optimised version of the routine blood transfusion knowledge questionnaire [RBTKQ-O])	12-week	A 34-item scale with score ranging from 0 to 34, higher scores indicate higher levels of blood transfusion knowledge.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Student satisfaction and self-confidence scale [SSSC]	12-week	A 13-item scale with score ranging from 13 to 65, higher scores in both subscales refer to higher satisfaction levels with the intervention and self-confidence in conducting blood transfusion practice, respectively.
General self-efficacy scale [GSES]	12-week	A 10-item scale with score ranging from 10 to 40, higher scores indicate higher levels of self-efficacy regarding blood transfusion practice.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong