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CompletedNCT06253156Updated Aug 7, 2024

The Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Disaster Education Given to Nursing Students on Disaster Preparedness

An interventional study of virtual reality in Disaster; Personality and Disorder, Mood, sponsored by Baskent University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years to 35 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-07.

Sponsored by Baskent University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
67
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 35 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

It is thought that, as a result of the virtual reality-based disaster training given to nursing students, the psychological preparedness of nursing students who will work before, during and after the disaster will increase in disaster preparedness and disaster threat. It is thought that this research will lead to the development of school-based interventions at other universities in similar situations.

The purpose of this research is to increase the level of psychological preparation and awareness of disaster preparedness and disaster threat through virtual reality-based disaster education given to nursing students.

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Conditions studied

  • Disaster; Personality
  • Disorder, Mood

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Keywords

  • Disaster
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Psychological Preparedness
  • Nursing Students
  • Virtual Reality
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In context

Mood Disorders

595 studies on the registry are indexed under Mood Disorders; 119 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 67 is close to the median of 73 across 438 interventional studies indexed under Mood Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Baskent University is the lead sponsor of 209 studies on the registry; 35 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 35 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Being a 3rd and 4th year nursing student at the relevant universities where the study will be conducted,
  • Not having taken the disaster management course before,
  • Not having any health problems related to vision and hearing,
  • Not wearing glasses to be able to use virtual reality (VR) glasses

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having any problems with vision or hearing
  • Using glasses
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
67 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    virtual reality

    The experimental group will be given virtual reality-based training in addition to standard training.

    Behavioral: virtual reality

  • No intervention
    standard training

    The control group will be given only standard training.

Interventions

  • Behavioralvirtual reality

    It is planned to provide 4 sessions of standard disaster preparedness training to nursing students in the intervention group. After the standard training sessions are completed, nursing students will be shown disaster simulation videos and visuals using virtual reality glasses within the scope of the virtual reality-based disaster preparedness training program.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. DİSASTER PREPARATION

    Disaster preparedness level will be evaluated with the Disaster Threat Preparedness and Psychological Preparedness Scale. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 13 and the maximum score is 52. As the score obtained from the scale increases, readiness also increases.

    Time frame: 1-2 mounth

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Study locations

1 site
  • Başkent University
    Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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References and documents

Publications

  • Ertugrul B, Ugurlu Z. The effect of virtual reality based disaster training on disaster preparedness of nursing students: a randomized controlled study. BMC Nurs. 2026 Feb 4;25(1):207. doi: 10.1186/s12912-026-04373-w. PubMed 41634742 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Feb 2024 to primary completion in Mar 2024, 0 months.

Of 193 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Mood Disorders, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 44. This study's 0 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 204 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 44.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 2, 2024
First posted
Feb 12, 2024
StartActual
Feb 29, 2024
Primary completionActual
Mar 19, 2024
CompletionActual
Apr 29, 2024
Last update
Aug 7, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 7, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06253156
Lead sponsor
Baskent University
Collaborators
ZİYAFET UĞURLU
Responsible party
Bekir Ertugrul (Lecturer, Baskent University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 12, 2024
Start date
Feb 29, 2024
Primary completion
Mar 19, 2024
Completion
Apr 29, 2024
Last update
Aug 7, 2024

Study contacts

Bekir ERTUĞRUL
principal investigator · bertugrul@baskent.edu.tr

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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