Game on: VR and escape rooms could transform how nurses learn injections
NCT ID NCT06858514
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using virtual reality or escape room games helps nursing students learn how to give subcutaneous injections better than traditional teaching. Fifty-four first-year nursing students were split into three groups: one used VR plus demonstration, one used an escape room plus demonstration, and one used only demonstration. Their skills and self-confidence were measured after training. The goal is to see if fun, interactive methods improve learning and confidence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gamification-based virtual reality and escape room teaching methods
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that game-based methods help nursing students learn injection skills and build confidence more effectively than traditional teaching.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage educational study with only 54 students at one university, so results may not apply broadly. It tests teaching methods, not a medical treatment.
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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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54 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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 to 45 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * not graduated from health vocational high school. * had no previous training in SC injection administration. * no clinical experience. * Participated in all theoretical and laboratory courses and all stages of the research on the dates when the SC injection subject was taught. * To be a student of nursing department. * who volunteer to participate in the research Exclusion Criteria: * students not participating in the evaluation phase.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Adnan Menderes University
Aydin, Şehzadeler, 45020, Turkey (Türkiye)
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