The Effect of Situation Puzzle Games on Nursing Students' Death Anxiety and Meaning in Life

NCT ID: NCT06991621

Last Updated: 2025-05-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-21

Study Completion Date

2025-08-21

Brief Summary

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Goal of this interventional study

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of a scenario-based puzzle educational game on death anxiety and meaning in life among nursing students. It aims to answer the following key questions:

Can the scenario-based puzzle educational game enhance nursing students' sense of meaning in life?

Can the scenario-based puzzle educational game reduce death anxiety in nursing students?

What are nursing students' experiences and perceptions of this educational game?

Study design Researchers will compare the intervention group (participating in the game) with a control group (receiving death education manuals) to evaluate the effectiveness of the game-based intervention.

Participants will:

Be recruited through campus posters

Be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group and complete baseline questionnaires

In the control group: Receive death education manuals twice weekly for 3 weeks

In the intervention group: Participate in group sessions (5 students per group) to play the scenario-based puzzle game twice weekly for 3 weeks

Complete follow-up questionnaires and participate in qualitative interviews regarding their experiences with manual-based education or the game intervention after the 3-week intervention period

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Death Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Gamified Education

Scenario-based puzzle game in group sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Puzzle game

Intervention Type OTHER

Scenario-based puzzle game sessions (group format)

Manual Education

Standardized death education manual

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Manual Education

Intervention Type OTHER

Standardized death education manual distribution

Interventions

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Puzzle game

Scenario-based puzzle game sessions (group format)

Intervention Type OTHER

Manual Education

Standardized death education manual distribution

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Third-year full-time undergraduate nursing students
* Completed clinical observation training but not yet entered clinical internship phase
* Aged ≥18 years
* Provide informed consent and voluntarily participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Participated in similar death education interventions within the past 3 months
* Diagnosed with severe mental or psychological disorders
* Currently on a leave of absence (academic or personal)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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China Medical University, China

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Wenna Qian

Doctoral Researcher, School of Nursing, China Medical University

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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School of Nursing, China Medical University

Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Wenna Qian

Role: CONTACT

13314021865

Facility Contacts

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Wenna Qian, PhD

Role: primary

+8613314021865

Other Identifiers

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2024-FC7

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Situation puzzle games-2025

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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