The Effect of the Game on Students' Intramuscular Injection Skills

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05963269
• Recruitment Status: Active, not recruiting
• First Posted: July 27, 2023
• Last Update Posted: July 28, 2023
• Sponsor: Maltepe University
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Nehir Demirel, Maltepe University

Study Description

Brief Summary:

Today, error rates increase in intramuscular (IM) drug administrations, which are frequently applied in clinical settings, due to many factors such as the increase in the number of students in nursing education, the low number of educators, insufficient clinical space and insufficient laboratory environments. This situation makes it inevitable to use different teaching methods in nursing education, especially in the acquisition and development of psychomotor skills. Games, which are a type of virtual simulation methods; It is defined as a pedagogical tool that offers the student the widest possible learning opportunity, interesting, interactive media, and a teaching beyond entertainment. It is very important to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in the management of intramuscular drug administration, which will constitute the majority of postgraduate applications of nursing students, by using today's technologies during their student life. Another factor that is effective in psychomotor skill learning is; students' anxiety level. Nursing students may experience anxiety while using the new technique, which negatively affects the learning process of the student. One of the reasons for the anxiety experienced by the students is that they have not reached enough professional knowledge and skills. It is observed that this level of anxiety increases especially in psychomotor skills. In the exams conducted for the evaluation of laboratory practices in nursing education, the student demonstrates the skills learned during the term. The level of anxiety he feels during this practice may also affect his performance. The general result of studies examining the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance is that there is a negative relationship between test anxiety and academic success. For this reason, it is very important to control students' anxiety. Although the level of state anxiety increases from time to time, especially in the trainings carried out with simulation, it is one of the training methods that increases the self-confidence of the students by reducing their anxiety in the future. Based on these reasons, this research; The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of computer-assisted game on success and anxiety level in the development of intramuscular injection application skills in nursing education.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Video Games; Students; Nursing; Infections; Intramuscular	Other: Computer assisted intramuscular learning game	Not Applicable

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Estimated Enrollment: 60 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: The Effect of Computer Aided Game on the Development of Intramuscular Injection Application Skills of Nursing Students
• Actual Study Start Date: September 27, 2022
• Estimated Primary Completion Date: August 28, 2023
• Estimated Study Completion Date: September 29, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: Students receiving computer game support in intramuscular injection learning; After learning intramuscular injection with demonstration, a group of students reinforcing intramuscular injection training for 1 week with a computer-assisted game designed by the researcher.	Other: Computer assisted intramuscular learning game; It is an educational game that can only be opened from the computer, with questions and answers and cases. The game is currently under development by the developers. The researcher will be able to see how many times the students entered the game and how many points they got.
No Intervention: Group of students learning intramuscular injection only by demonstration; Group of students learning intramuscular injection by demonstration method without computer-assisted games

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Computer-assisted games change students' knowledge about IM injection. [ Time Frame: 2 week ]
   1 week after playing the game, the level of knowledge will be evaluated by an independent observer with a practice exam.

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child, Adult, Older Adult
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a first year nursing student
• To be taking the basics of nursing course for the first time
• To have at least 50 points from the IM Injection Information Form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Graduated from Health Vocational High School
• Having a communication problem related to vision and hearing

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Turkey

Maltepe University

Istanbul, Maltepe, Turkey, 34857

Sponsors and Collaborators

Maltepe University

More Information

• Responsible Party: Nehir Demirel, Lecturer, Maltepe University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05963269
• Other Study ID Numbers: MaltepeU_DemirelN
• First Posted: July 27, 2023
• Last Update Posted: July 28, 2023
• Last Verified: July 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Plan Description: The collected data will not be shared with any institution or legal person.

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No