Virtual reality training could revolutionize nursing education on pressure ulcers
NCT ID NCT07395284
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a gamified metaverse-based training program helps nursing students learn more effectively about preventing and managing pressure ulcers (bedsores). Sixty second-year nursing students will be randomly assigned to either standard classroom teaching or standard teaching plus two weeks of metaverse training. Researchers will measure changes in knowledge, self-efficacy, and perceptions of the metaverse immediately after training and one month later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Gamified metaverse-based educational application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that virtual reality training helps nursing students learn better about preventing bedsores.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 students. It measures knowledge and confidence, not actual patient outcomes, so real-world benefits are uncertain.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for GAMIFICATION are added.
By submitting, you agree to our Terms of use
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Baskent University
RECRUITINGAnkara, Ankara, 06790, Turkey (Türkiye)
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can healing at home beat hospital care for bedsores?
- Can AI simulations boost first aid skills in future nurses?
- Can a 4-Hour video course sharpen Nurses' ability to detect delirium in the ICU?
- AI tutors in nursing school: a new way to boost focus and skills?
- Teaching teens to navigate transit may boost activity and heart health
- Boosting breastfeeding confidence in teen moms: a new approach put to the test