Efficacy of Gamification With Escape-Room for Arrhythmia Identification in Critical Patients

University of Brasilia

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Arrythmia; Escape-Room; Health Education

Treatments: Behavioral: Virtual Escape-Room; Behavioral: In-person Escape Room

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06266845

76082423.1.0000.8093

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 53 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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53 participants in 3 patient groups

Knowledge Test

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: In-person Escape Room

Behavioral: Virtual Escape-Room

Knowledge Test Satisfaction and Self-Confidence Scale

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: In-person Escape Room

Behavioral: Virtual Escape-Room

Perceived Gains Scale and DASS-21 (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21)

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: In-person Escape Room

Behavioral: Virtual Escape-Room