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Enhancing Mass Casualty Triage Through Virtual Reality Simulation

NCT ID: NCT06034184

Last Updated: 2023-12-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-08

Study Completion Date

2024-06-30

Brief Summary

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This interventional study aims to investigate whether Virtual Reality (VR) compared to traditional education and training, can enhance the correct triage abilities of nursing students in simulated mass casualty incidents (MCI). The primary research question seeks to answer if VR compared to Standard education supports students' ability to triage correctly in a simulated MCI situation. Additionally, this study aims to address the following secondary questions: Does VR compared to standard education have an effect on the time to triage in a simulated MCI situation? And, does VR compared to Standard education have an effect on theoretical knowledge retention concerning triage in MCI situations? In the interventional group, participants will utilize VR for MCI training and learning, while the control group will undergo standard education, including lectures and paper exercises. The researchers will compare the two groups of nursing students to assess whether VR yields better outcomes in MCI triage education.

Detailed Description

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A randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving nursing students from a university in Stockholm, Sweden. The students are randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to either VR (intervention) or standard training in triaging during a mass casualty Incident. Both groups of participants will receive the same lecture on disaster events and triage using the same method before undergoing triage training either with VR support or traditional paper-based training. To achieve a power of 0.80 and a p-value of 0.05, a total of 60 participants are required (control n=30, intervention n=30). However, all students (approximately 100) will be invited to participate in the study to avoid excluding those who wish to take part in the study. The primary outcome measure is the students' ability to triage correctly. Secondary outcome measures include knowledge and knowledge retention, as well as the time taken to triage correctly. Knowledge tests will be conducted approximately one week after training and again 3-6 months after completing the training. The knowledge test consists of a questionnaire with 20 multiple-choice questions used in previous studies.

Conditions

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Learning Mass Casualty Incident Triage Training

Keywords

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Virtual Reality Mass casualty incidents Triage Learning Nursing Students

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Using Virtual Reality for training and learning mass casualty incidents

The nursing students use glasses and handcontrollers (High Fidelity Simulation) in the VR scenario for training and learning mass casualty incidents.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type OTHER

The nursing students use glasses and handcontrollers (High Fidelity Simulation) in the VR scenario for training and learning mass casualty incidents.

Standard education and training

Standard education, including lectures and paper exercises

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual Reality

The nursing students use glasses and handcontrollers (High Fidelity Simulation) in the VR scenario for training and learning mass casualty incidents.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Training mass casualty incidents

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Nursing students registered for a course in disaster medicine/emergency care that is conducted during their fifth semester (out of 6) in the nursing program.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Falck Ambulance A/S

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

CrashCourse AB

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sophiahemmet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Veronica Lindström

Professor and Registered Nurse

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Veronica Lindström, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sophiahemmet University

Locations

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Sophiahemmet University, Lindstedtvägen 8

Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Sweden

Central Contacts

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Veronica AC Lindström, RN, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +46703428157

Email: [email protected]

Sara Heldring, RN, MSc

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +46707653931

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Sara Heldring, RN, MSc

Role: primary

Mari Lundberg, Professor, PhD

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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EPM:2023-02154-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id