The Effect of Mobile Augmented Reality Application on Nursing Students' Knowledge Skills and Motivation

Izmir University of Economics

Status

Completed

Conditions

Education

Nursing

Treatments

Device: The intervention group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06675760

TUSEB-2022-ACIL-11-31345

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a mobile augmented reality application on nursing students' knowledge, skills, and motivation regarding pressure injuries.

Full description

The research is a randomized controlled, quasi-experimental study. The population of the study consisted of 130 first-year students enrolled at Gülhane Faculty of Nursing, University of Health Sciences. In the study, a mobile augmented reality application was used for the training of students in the intervention group regarding pressure injury prevention. The training of the control group students continued with traditional education methods. The data collection process of the study was carried out in two stages: preparation and implementation. Prior to the commencement of the study, ethical committee approval and institutional permissions were obtained. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistical methods such as number, percentage, min-max values, median, mean, and standard deviation were used, along with independent t-test, dependent t-test, and Chi-square analysis.

Enrollment

130 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Volunteering to participate in the study.
Taking the Fundamentals of Nursing course for the first time.

Exclusion criteria

Using a language other than Turkish as a native language.
Graduating from a Vocational Health High School.
Being enrolled in the nursing faculty through vertical transfer.
Working as a nurse or healthcare staff in a hospital or any healthcare institution.
Being excluded from the control and experimental groups during randomization.