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Effects of Virtual Reality Hand Hygiene Simulation on Nurses' Hand Hygiene

NCT06788405 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2026-08-17

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Summary

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an important patient safety concern, and hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures for preventing their transmission. However, hand hygiene compliance among healthcare professionals, including nurses, remains suboptimal. Innovative educational approaches may support the development of hand hygiene knowledge, behaviour, and compliance.

Virtual reality (VR) simulation provides an immersive and interactive learning environment that allows learners to practice clinical situations and reinforce knowledge and skills. In nursing education, VR simulation may facilitate the transfer of theoretical knowledge into practice and provide opportunities for repeated learning experiences.

This randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of a VR-based hand hygiene simulation for nurses. Participants in both the experimental and control groups received standard hand hygiene training, while participants in the experimental group additionally received VR-based hand hygiene simulation. The study evaluated the effects of the intervention on nurses' hand hygiene knowledge, handwashing behaviour, and hand hygiene compliance.

Conditions

  • Hand Hygiene Practices Among Nurses
  • Nursing Education
  • Simulation Training
  • Virtual Reality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality Hand Hygiene Simulation

Participants in the experimental group received standard hand hygiene training followed by a virtual reality (VR) hand hygiene simulation. The VR simulation provided an immersive and interactive learning environment in which nurses practiced hand hygiene in simulated clinical scenarios. The simulation was designed to reinforce hand hygiene knowledge and appropriate hand hygiene practices through an interactive learning experience.

OTHER

Standard Hand Hygiene Training

Participants received standard hand hygiene training covering the principles and recommended practices of hand hygiene. This training represented the standard educational intervention and did not include the virtual reality (VR) hand hygiene simulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

    collaborator OTHER

  • Askin Selvi

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • AŞKIN SELVİ, Assistant Professor · İstanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-07
Primary Completion
2024-08-20
Completion
2024-09-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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