the Impact of a Digital Game-based Learning Activity on Nursing Students' Understanding of Surgical Site Infections

Yuzuncu Yıl University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Education; Surgical Site Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: traditional method; Behavioral: digital game-based learning activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06755879

VYYU-SBF-HAKALTUN-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effect of a digital game-based learning activity on students' learning of interventions to prevent surgical site infections.This study will seek answers to the following questions:

Is digital game-based learning activity effective in students' learning process? Is the traditional method of theoretical lecturing effective in the learning process? What is the effect of students' learning methods on their motivation? The researchers will compare the group with the theoretical lecture to see the effectiveness of the digital game-based learning activity.

Participants will be divided into 3 groups. In the first group, the level of learning interventions to prevent surgical site infections with digital game-based learning activity will be evaluated with pre-test and post-test In the second group, the level of learning the theoretical course and interventions to prevent surgical site infections will be evaluated with pre-test and post-test.

The control group will be evaluated only with the pre-test post-test without any intervention.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a cell phone, computer or tablet device.

  • To have internet access on one of the cell phone, computer or tablet devices.
  • To have taken the Surgical Diseases Nursing course.
  • To be a 4th year student of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing
  • Volunteering to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

• • Graduating from a health vocational high school or coming from a health-related department with vertical transfer
• Limited ability to read and write in Turkish.
• Not having a software infrastructure suitable for opening digital game activities on mobile phones, computers or tablet devices

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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75 participants in 3 patient groups

digital game-based learning activity group

Experimental group

Description:

the level of learning interventions to prevent surgical site infections with digital game-based learning activity will be evaluated with pre-test and post-test

Treatment:

Behavioral: digital game-based learning activity

theoretical course group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the level of learning the theoretical course and interventions to prevent surgical site infections will be evaluated with pre-test and post-test

Treatment:

Behavioral: traditional method

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will be evaluated only with the pre-test post-test without any intervention.