Hand Hygiene Skills Using Virtual Reality (RealityCare)

Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana

Status: Completed

Conditions: Virtual Reality; Hand Washing Behavior

Treatments: Device: RealityCare

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07005544

RealityCare TED 2021-130383B-I

Details and patient eligibility

About

Quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest study evaluated the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality hand hygiene training program for auxiliary nurses and informal caregivers in Colombia

Full description

This quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest study evaluated the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality hand hygiene training program for auxiliary nurses and informal caregivers in Colombia. A total of 215 participants (94 auxiliary nurses, 121 informal caregivers) completed the intervention, which included three 15-minute Virtual Reality training sessions with real-time feedback on hand hygiene technique. Data were collected at baseline (PRE) and immediately after the Virtual Reality intervention (POST), which included one 15-minute training sessions. Variables assessed included hand hygiene performance, error rates, and knowledge assessment. Linear mixed-effects models were used to assess changes over time.

Enrollment: 215 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• auxiliary nurses,
• informal caregivers

Exclusion criteria

• Caregivers (both auxiliary nurses or informal caregivers) with prior healthcare training or experience with virtual reality were excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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215 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Handwashing using virtual reality

Treatment:

Device: RealityCare