Digital Gamification vs. Traditional Training for Hip Replacement Instrument Table Setup (ORNurse)

DERYA ESENKAYA

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Educational Technology; Operating Room Nursing; Surgical Education

Treatments: Behavioral: Traditional Training; Behavioral: Gamified Digital Education (ORNurse: Steril Setup 1.0)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07194148

BozokU-TKP2025-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effectiveness of a digital gamification-based training method and a traditional training method on instrument table layout skills in total hip replacement surgery. Nursing students will be randomly assigned to either a game-based learning group or a control group receiving conventional education. The primary outcome is the accuracy of surgical instrument placement. The study will be conducted at Bozok University in Turkey.

Full description

This study was designed to address the lack of standardized training protocols in instrument table setup for total hip arthroplasty. A digital gamified training tool (ORNurse: Steril Setup 1.0) was developed based on a validated surgical table protocol and integrated with a 3D simulation environment. The intervention group will receive hands-on training through the game, while the control group will receive traditional lecture-based training. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of the training methods on instrument layout accuracy, as well as participants' satisfaction and knowledge retention. This study aims to improve perioperative nursing education and promote standardization in surgical preparation processes.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Aged 18 years or older

Nursing students or perioperative nurses

No prior formal training in surgical instrument table setup for total hip arthroplasty

Willing and able to participate in digital or traditional training sessions

Provided informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Prior experience with surgical instrument table setup in orthopedic surgeries

Visual, cognitive, or motor impairments that limit ability to complete training tasks

Currently participating in another interventional education study

Refusal to participate or withdraws consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Digital Gamification Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive educational training using a custom-developed digital gamified simulation platform (ORNurse: Steril Setup 1.0) designed to teach surgical instrument table setup for total hip replacement surgery. Training includes interactive 3D simulation tasks and self-paced learning modules. Intervention: Name: Behavioral: Gamified Digital Education (ORNurse: Steril Setup 1.0) Other Names: ORNurse Game, Surgical Instrument Training Simulation Description: "A digital game developed to train surgical instrument table setup. Participants interact with simulation tasks and receive immediate feedback."

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gamified Digital Education (ORNurse: Steril Setup 1.0)

Traditional Training Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive standard educational training consisting of a lecture-based presentation and printed materials on instrument table setup for total hip replacement surgery, delivered in a classroom setting. Intervention: Name: Behavioral: Traditional Training Other Names: Lecture-based Education, Printed Training Materials Description: "A classroom-based lecture accompanied by printed materials covering the correct surgical instrument table setup."

Treatment:

Behavioral: Traditional Training