Escape room meets nursing school: can gaming teach pain management better than lectures?
NCT ID NCT07736118
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial compares game-based learning—using a digital escape room—to traditional education for teaching pain management to second-year nursing students. Researchers will measure students' knowledge, motivation, and satisfaction right after the lesson and again two weeks later. The goal is to see if a fun, interactive approach can boost learning outcomes in a core nursing skill.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- game-based learning via a digital escape room game
- What this could lead to
- If effective, game-based learning could become a more engaging way to teach pain management to nursing students.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center trial in one student cohort. Results may not apply to other settings or subjects, and the novelty effect of gaming might wear off.
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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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95 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. being a second-year nursing student, 2. owning a mobile phone with an internet connection. Exclusion Criteria: 1. having previously taken a course/class on pain, 2. incompletely filling out data collection forms, 3. declining to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Erciyes University
Kayseri, Kayseri, 38030, Turkey (Türkiye)
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