Clinical trial NCT07005544: Hand Hygiene Skills Using Virtual Reality
Official title: Improving Hand Hygiene Skills Using Virtual Reality: A Quasi-Experimental Approach
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Virtual Reality
Hand Washing Behavior
Keywords: Virtual Reality
Infection Control
Hand Hygiene
Caregivers
Lead sponsor: Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
First posted: 2025-06-05
Enrollment: 215
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest study evaluated the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality hand hygiene training program for auxiliary nurses and informal caregivers.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest study evaluated the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality hand hygiene training program for auxiliary nurses and informal caregivers in Colombia

Detailed description: This quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest study evaluated the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality hand hygiene training program for auxiliary nurses and informal caregivers in Colombia. A total of 215 participants (94 auxiliary nurses, 121 informal caregivers) completed the intervention, which included three 15-minute Virtual Reality training sessions with real-time feedback on hand hygiene technique. Data were collected at baseline (PRE) and immediately after the Virtual Reality intervention (POST), which included one 15-minute training sessions. Variables assessed included hand hygiene performance, error rates, and knowledge assessment. Linear mixed-effects models were used to assess changes over time.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* auxiliary nurses,
* informal caregivers

Exclusion Criteria:

- Caregivers (both auxiliary nurses or informal caregivers) with prior healthcare training or experience with virtual reality were excluded

Primary outcomes:
measure: Errors
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment on the same day, within an estimated period of 1 to 2 hours
measure: Time
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment on the same day, within an estimated period of 1 to 2 hours
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Knowledge
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment on the same day, within an estimated period of 1 to 2 hours
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bogotá
country: Colombia
facility: Universidad Minuto de Dios
Study officials:
affiliation: Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
name: Jose Mira, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Stuart JP, Gannon PR, Dotto VR, Regina R, Mumma JM. Visualizing the WHO "My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene," framework: A virtual reality training program for improving hand hygiene adherence among nurses. Am J Infect Control. 2025 May;53(5):576-581. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.007. Epub 2025 Jan 15.
citation: Omori K, Shigemoto N, Kitagawa H, Nomura T, Kaiki Y, Miyaji K, Akita T, Kobayashi T, Hattori M, Hasunuma N, Tanaka J, Ohge H. Virtual reality as a learning tool for improving infection control procedures. Am J Infect Control. 2023 Feb;51(2):129-134. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.05.023. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
citation: Eichel VM, Brandt C, Brandt J, Jabs JM, Mutters NT. Is virtual reality suitable for hand hygiene training in health care workers? Evaluating an application for acceptability and effectiveness. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2022 Jun 25;11(1):91. doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01127-6.