The Effect of Escape Room Game on Reproductive Health Knowledge and Gender Equality Perception

Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexual Health; Gender Equality; Reproductive Health; Health Education

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard Theoretical Education; Behavioral: Escape Room Game on Reproductive Health and Gender Equality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07346313

E-36321956-300-230705

25DR9001 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the impact of an "escape room" educational game on university students' knowledge of sexual/reproductive health and their perceptions of gender equality. The research compares a group of students who received traditional theoretical education with a group that participated in an escape room game titled "Hidden Files in the Secret Laboratory" in addition to the same theoretical training. The primary goal is to determine if gamified learning enhances knowledge levels and shapes gender equality perceptions more effectively than standard education alone.

Full description

This is a pretest-posttest, parallel-group, randomized controlled experimental study conducted at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University (2024-2025 Spring Semester).

The study population consists of 80 volunteer students enrolled in the Reproductive Health and Family Planning course, divided into two groups:

Intervention Group (n=40): Received standard theoretical education plus the "Hidden Files in the Secret Laboratory" themed escape room game.

Control Group (n=40): Received only the standard theoretical education.

Data collection was performed using a Descriptive Information Form, the Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Knowledge Scale, and the Gender Perception Scale. The study follows the CONSORT 2025 guidelines. Statistical analysis is performed using SPSS 26.0, including Chi-Square, ANOVA, and t-tests to compare pretest and posttest results between the groups.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being 18 years of age or older.
• Being proficient in the Turkish language.
• Enrolled in the "Reproductive Health and Family Planning" course for the first time.

Exclusion criteria

• Having any impairment that prevents effective communication (e.g., being a foreign national with insufficient Turkish reading/writing skills, or having hearing, speech, or cognitive disorders).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Both groups receive a standard theoretical education on reproductive health and family planning. Immediately following the educational session, the intervention group participates in the "Hidden Files in the Secret Laboratory" themed escape room game as an additional active learning module.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Escape Room Game on Reproductive Health and Gender Equality

Behavioral: Standard Theoretical Education

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group receives the same standard theoretical education on reproductive health and family planning as the intervention group. To ensure educational equality and prepare all students equally for their final examinations, no additional game intervention is applied during the study period. However, to maintain ethical fairness, students in the control group are allowed to play the escape room game upon request after the post-test data collection is completed.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Theoretical Education