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Virtual Reality in Nursing Students' Communication Skills

NCT07117604 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-08-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of a virtual reality application on nursing students' skills in breaking bad news and approaching crying patients at a nursing faculty in western Turkey.

The primary questions to be addressed are:

Is there a significant difference in breaking bad news skills between students receiving the virtual reality intervention and those receiving the standard curriculum? Is there a significant difference in skills related to approaching crying patients between students receiving the virtual reality intervention and those receiving the standard curriculum? Comparison group: The researchers will compare the intervention group, which receives the virtual reality application, with the control group, which follows the standard curriculum, to assess differences in skill development.

Participants:

Nursing students aged 18 years or older, who are taking a communication course for the first time and voluntarily participating.

Participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control groups.

Participants in the intervention group will:

Attend an orientation session for the virtual reality application, Engage in a virtual reality scenario based on the SPIKES protocol involving breaking bad news and approaching a crying patient, Participate in a debriefing session to discuss their experiences. Participants in the control group will receive the standard curriculum course.

Conditions

  • Nursing Students
  • Virtual Reality
  • Breaking Bad News Skills

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual Reality

Standard virtual reality applications rely on computer-generated animation environments and avatars; however, in the present study, the content created by actors/actresses with theater training by using cameras and audio recording devices suitable for creating virtual reality content included images of real environments and people.

OTHER

Control group

While the participants in the intervention group received training on virtual reality, those in the control group took the standard curriculum course. Students in the control group received no training. The students in the control group were told that the program would be implemented to those who volunteered after the study was completed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dokuz Eylül University, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Dokuz Eylul University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-31
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-08-31

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