The Effect of Virtual Reality Training on Mental Health Literacy and Stigma

NCT ID: NCT06142916

Last Updated: 2023-11-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-31

Study Completion Date

2024-06-30

Brief Summary

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Purpose: This study will be conducted to examine the effect of virtual reality training on nurses' mental health literacy and stigma level towards mental illnesses.

Design: The study is a randomized controlled experimental research. Method: The population of the research consists of 110 nurses working in a public hospital. Power analysis was performed with G\* Power software to determine the number of nurses constituting the research sample. The sample size was determined as 25 people in each group. Considering that there may be data loss in the study, it is planned to include 30 people in the intervention group and 30 people in the control group. Nurses who volunteer to participate in the study and fill out the pre-test will be randomly assigned to the groups using the Statistical Analysis Software program to ensure random distribution to the intervention and control groups. Personal Information Form, Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC) will be used in study data collection.

Hypotheses:

H1: The mental health literacy level of nurses who receive training with virtual reality is higher than nurses who receive classical training.

H2: The level of stigmatization towards mental illnesses of nurses trained with virtual reality is lower than nurses who received classical training.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Disorder Literacy Stigma, Social

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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MHLS

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Vırtual Realıty Traınıng On Mental Health Lıteracy And Stıgma

Intervention Type OTHER

Nurses in the intervention group will be taken to a suitable room on the ward and virtual reality glasses will be worn. Mental health literacy training prepared by researchers by scanning the literature will be given using virtual reality glasses. Educational content; definition of mental health, definition of mental illness, definition and importance of mental health literacy, the most common mental illnesses in hospitals, Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Substance Use Disorder , Suicide-Self-Harm, Mental Health Literacy and Stigma, and where to find resources to obtain information about mental health. Information about the diagnostic criteria, risk factors, treatment methods, and what to pay attention to for the diseases discussed will be given. Animations will be prepared for each topic. The training is planned to last 45 minutes.

CONTROL GROUP

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Classical Education

Intervention Type OTHER

Nurses in the control group will be given mental health literacy training using the classical method using brochures. Educational content; definition of mental health, definition of mental illness, definition and importance of mental health literacy, the most common mental illnesses in hospitals, Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Substance Use Disorder , Suicide-Self-Harm, Mental Health Literacy and Stigma, and where to find resources to obtain information about mental health. Information about the diagnostic criteria, risk factors, treatment methods, and what to pay attention to for the diseases discussed will be given. The training is planned to last 45 minutes.

Interventions

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Vırtual Realıty Traınıng On Mental Health Lıteracy And Stıgma

Nurses in the intervention group will be taken to a suitable room on the ward and virtual reality glasses will be worn. Mental health literacy training prepared by researchers by scanning the literature will be given using virtual reality glasses. Educational content; definition of mental health, definition of mental illness, definition and importance of mental health literacy, the most common mental illnesses in hospitals, Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Substance Use Disorder , Suicide-Self-Harm, Mental Health Literacy and Stigma, and where to find resources to obtain information about mental health. Information about the diagnostic criteria, risk factors, treatment methods, and what to pay attention to for the diseases discussed will be given. Animations will be prepared for each topic. The training is planned to last 45 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Classical Education

Nurses in the control group will be given mental health literacy training using the classical method using brochures. Educational content; definition of mental health, definition of mental illness, definition and importance of mental health literacy, the most common mental illnesses in hospitals, Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Substance Use Disorder , Suicide-Self-Harm, Mental Health Literacy and Stigma, and where to find resources to obtain information about mental health. Information about the diagnostic criteria, risk factors, treatment methods, and what to pay attention to for the diseases discussed will be given. The training is planned to last 45 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being 18 years or older
* Becoming a nurse
* Being actively working in a public hospital in Istanbul
* Volunteering to participate in the study
* Not having worked in a psychiatric ward before

Exclusion Criteria

Being under 18 years of age

* Not being a nurse
* Not actively working in the hospital where the study will be conducted
* Not volunteering to participate in the study
* Having worked in a psychiatric ward before
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Uskudar University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Melek Sahan

postrgraduate student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Melek Şahan

Role: CONTACT

5344852784

Other Identifiers

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2032

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id