Escape room challenge could turn nursing students into dehydration detectives
NCT ID NCT07752537
First seen Aug 07, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an educational escape room can help third-year nursing students learn to manage dehydration in children. Students work in teams to solve puzzles and clinical tasks about assessing hydration and choosing nursing actions, followed by a group discussion. The trial measures changes in their knowledge, teamwork, and anxiety levels to see if this game-based approach is more effective than traditional teaching.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Escape room educational training
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this game-based teaching method could become a new way to train nursing students, improving their clinical skills and teamwork while reducing learning anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study, so results may not apply broadly. The escape room's effect on real-world nursing performance is not yet known.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 84 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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20 to 32 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * • Being a 3rd-year nursing student, * • Having a GPA above 2, * • Completing theoretical courses, * • Completing practical courses, * • Agreeing to participate in the study, * • Completing the escape room practice. Exclusion Criteria: * • Retaking the Pediatric Nursing course, * • Having a high school, associate's, or bachelor's degree in a health-related field, * • Having prior escape room experience.
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