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

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05922163

Collaborator

(none)

151

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Blood Transfusion Complication	Device: Evidence-based VR simulation	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

151 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Other

Official Title:

Blood Transfusion Education Using Blended Virtual Reality and Simulation for Nursing Undergraduate Students: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 1, 2022

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jun 30, 2022

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jun 30, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group Receive the usual blood transfusion education (i.e. Zoom lecture) with the developed VR (Virtual Reality) video education.	Device: Evidence-based VR simulation Evidence-based VR simulation videos on BTs for nursing students were developed, including 1) animated blood formation physiology and side effects of BT and 2) 360° BT nursing practice.
No Intervention: Control Group Receive the usual blood transfusion education (i.e. Zoom lecture) only.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention Group

Receive the usual blood transfusion education (i.e. Zoom lecture) with the developed VR (Virtual Reality) video education.

Device: Evidence-based VR simulation

Evidence-based VR simulation videos on BTs for nursing students were developed, including 1) animated blood formation physiology and side effects of BT and 2) 360° BT nursing practice.

No Intervention: Control Group

Receive the usual blood transfusion education (i.e. Zoom lecture) only.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

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