Effect of Educational Program of Virtual Reality on Critical Thinking Disposition Among Nursing Students at Damietta University

NCT ID: NCT06622811

Last Updated: 2024-10-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 190 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-10
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-01

Brief Summary

The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an educational program of virtual reality on critical thinking disposition among nursing students at Damietta University.

Detailed Description

Education is the basis for a thriving society, and the transfer of knowledge has been a top priority for civilization since the very beginning, in all the world people are constantly looking for more easily, more quickly, and more effective in a world where technology is a dominant feature in our daily life.

Virtual reality in the field of medical and nursing education is defined as a type of computer-based 3D simulation that makes users feel like they are in clinical settings where they can practice skills without putting patients at risk. Therefore, such simulations with active engagement improve learning retention and enable participants to learn interactively and analyze problems.

Critical thinking disposition is one of the skills that need to be developed in the current era. Critical thinking skills can be defined as a student's ability to test their idea in dealing with problems the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking, deducting and inferring conclusions from problems and facts.

Conditions

Educational Program; Virtual Reality; Critical Thinking; Nursing Students

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Nursing students group

Nursing students will be scheduled to apply educational program of virtual reality to improve their critical thinking disposition.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire

Intervention Type: OTHER

Part I: Personal Characteristics of Nursing Students:

It covers; age and gender.

Part II: Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire:

This part will used to assess students' knowledge related to virtual reality that includes a definition of virtual reality, history of virtual reality, advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality on nursing education and equipment used for virtual reality and the effect virtual reality on future of education

Scoring system:

Respondents' answers will be scored (0) for incorrect answers, and (1) for correct answers. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of unsatisfactory (<60%) and satisfactory (≥60%).

California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

Intervention Type: OTHER

It will consist of 24 items classify into 7 dimensions grouped as follows; truth-seeking (3 items); open-mindedness (4 items); analyticity (3 items); systematicity (4 items); critical thinking self-confidence (4 items); inquisitiveness (3 items); and cognitive maturity (3 items).

Scoring system:

Students asked to respond to all items with six points Likert scale as follows; strongly disagree = 1, disagree= 2, neutral = 3, sometimes agree = 4, agree = 5, and strongly agree= 6. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of satisfactory critical thinking (≥75%) and unsatisfactory critical thinking (<75%).

Interventions

Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire

Part I: Personal Characteristics of Nursing Students:

It covers; age and gender.

Part II: Students' Knowledge about Virtual Reality Questionnaire:

This part will used to assess students' knowledge related to virtual reality that includes a definition of virtual reality, history of virtual reality, advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality on nursing education and equipment used for virtual reality and the effect virtual reality on future of education

Scoring system:

Respondents' answers will be scored (0) for incorrect answers, and (1) for correct answers. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of unsatisfactory (<60%) and satisfactory (≥60%).

Intervention Type: OTHER

California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

It will consist of 24 items classify into 7 dimensions grouped as follows; truth-seeking (3 items); open-mindedness (4 items); analyticity (3 items); systematicity (4 items); critical thinking self-confidence (4 items); inquisitiveness (3 items); and cognitive maturity (3 items).

Scoring system:

Students asked to respond to all items with six points Likert scale as follows; strongly disagree = 1, disagree= 2, neutral = 3, sometimes agree = 4, agree = 5, and strongly agree= 6. The overall items scores will be summed up and categorized according to the total percentages of satisfactory critical thinking (≥75%) and unsatisfactory critical thinking (<75%).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age from 21 to 22 years.
• Both sexes.
• Nursing students.

Exclusion Criteria

• Mental retardation

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 22 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Mansoura University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mona ahmed mohamed gabr

Assistant Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Mansoura University

Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Countries

Egypt

References

Gabr MAM, Sleem WF, El-Wkeel NS. Effect of virtual reality educational program on critical thinking disposition among nursing students in Egypt: a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. BMC Nurs. 2025 Jul 7;24(1):874. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03488-w.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 40624646 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

309

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id