Clinical trial NCT06266845: Efficacy of Gamification With Escape-Room for Arrhythmia Identification in Critical Patients
Official title: Efficacy of Gamification With Escape-Room for Arrhythmia Identification in Critical Patients: an Experiment With Nursing Undergraduates
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Arrythmia
Health Education
Escape-Room
Lead sponsor: University of Brasilia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-20
Enrollment: 53
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Introduction: Health education provided through the escape-room is still a recent approach in educational methodology and tends to be a strategy that benefits nursing students, particularly in gaining knowledge and skills. However, few studies have explored the use of both in-person and virtual escape-room as an educational methodology in nursing. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the gamification strategy through the in-person escape-room model compared to the virtual model in enhancing cognitive and affective competencies for recognizing cardiac arrhythmias in critical care patients within the nursing field. Method: A randomized clinical trial to be conducted with nursing students from higher education institutions in the Federal District, Brazil. Students will undergo a theoretical class on cardiac arrhythmias in critical patients and will then be randomized to experience either the in-person or virtual escape-room scenario. Knowledge tests, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, Satisfaction and Self-confidence Scale in nursing management learning, and perceived gains will be administered pre and post-intervention. Results with p≤0.05 will be considered significant. Expected Results: It is anticipated that this study will contribute to the enhancement and broadening of cognitive and affective competencies in nursing students, improving the quality of care through an active educational strategy like the escape-room, and consequently reducing costs for the Unified Health System by minimizing errors in recognizing clinical changes in critical patients. Additionally, the study aims to address gaps in understanding the use of educational escape-rooms in the field of nursing.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students enrolled in the undergraduate nursing program who have successfully completed the course related to adult and elderly health.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Healthcare professionals, including those participants who, at any point during the research stages, choose to withdraw or who have not completed/participated in one of the study phases.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Evaluate the feelings of stress and anxiety among nursing students after experiencing the in-person and virtual escape-room combined with an interactive lecture
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Perceived Gains Scale
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning
timeFrame: 3 months
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Locations:
city: Brasília
country: Brazil
facility: Alberto Augusto Martins Paiva
state: DF
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