Clinical trial · Interventional
Virtual Reality in Nursing Students' Communication Skills
Effects of Virtual Reality Application on Nursing Students' Skills in Breaking Bad News and Approaching Crying Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of a virtual reality application on nursing students' skills in breaking bad news and approaching crying patients at a nursing faculty in western Turkey. The primary questions to be addressed are: Is there a significant difference in breaking bad news skills between students receiving the virtual reality intervention and those receiving the standard curriculum? Is there a significant difference in skills related to approaching crying patients between students receiving the virtual reality intervention and those receiving the standard curriculum? Comparison group: The researchers will compare the intervention group, which receives the virtual reality application, with the control group, which follows the standard curriculum, to assess differences in skill development. Participants: Nursing students aged 18 years or older, who are taking a communication course for the first time and voluntarily participating. Participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control groups. Participants in the intervention group will: Attend an orientation session for the virtual reality application, Engage in a virtual reality scenario based on the SPIKES protocol involving breaking bad news and approaching a crying patient, Participate in a debriefing session to discuss their experiences. Participants in the control group will receive the standard curriculum course.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Bad News Skills | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nursing Students | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Virtual Reality | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control group | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Virtual Reality | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- The students in the intervention group received training on virtual reality.
- description
- In the intervention group, interventions were performed in the following three sessions: orientation, VR viewing, and discussion. During the orientation session, the participants in the intervention group were made familiar with the virtual reality application, and given information on roles and a general overview. A sample visual was displayed for adaptation, and the participants were asked if they had any problems. Then they explored the avatars of a patient, a physician and a nurse in the virtual reality environment and familiarized themselves with the environment (approximately 10 minutes). Although the participants only observed the virtual environment, they felt that they were part of the virtual environment. The researchers provided technical support to the participants throughout the application. Each participant participated in the virtual reality application once. In the debriefing session, the participants' observations of the virtual reality environment were discussed.
- interventionNames
- Other: Virtual Reality
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Students in the control group received no training.
- description
- Students in the control group received no training. The students in the control group were told that the program would be implemented to those who volunteered after the study was completed.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * being ≥18 years old * being a nursing student, * taking a communication course for the first time * volunteering to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * having a condition preventing the student from using the VR tool * having problems such as nausea and vomiting due to the use of VR headsets * having been participated in any training given on breaking bad news
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available