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CompletedNCT07917793Updated Nov 5, 2026

Comparison Between Virtual Reality Simulation-Based and Conventional Fire Safety and Evacuation Training

An interventional study of Meta Quest 3 Headset and Conventional fire safety evacuation simulation in Participants' Psychomotor, Affective Attitudes and Fire-related Cognitive Abilities, sponsored by Universitas Indonesia. Completed at 1 site in Indonesia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 58 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-05.

Sponsored by Universitas Indonesia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Updated Nov 5, 2026Newly registeredGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
72
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 58 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this interventional study is to assess the effectiveness of safety and evacuation training VR simulation-based fire on personnel in hospitals. The main question it aims to answer is:

Are there significant differences in cognitive ability scores, participants' psychomotor, and affective attitudes towards fire safety and evacuation in hospitals between groups trained using virtual reality-based simulations and conventional simulations?

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Users can use VR headsets to enter a realistic virtual world atmosphere that resembles a real-world fire disaster, in this case, using the environment in a Hospital. Unlike conventional training that often only focuses on the use of light fire extinguishers (APAR), the innovation we propose will create a scenario in 3 levels:

Becoming a first responder at level 1. Becoming a gathering point coordinator at level 2. Becoming a coordinator who reports to the emergency coordinator and emergency director at level 3.

The innovation product will be used as a treatment in the study. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of VR simulation-based fire safety and evacuation training on hospital personnel. The method used was an experimental research design with controlled randomization, comparing the values of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective abilities in groups given virtual reality-based simulations and conventional simulations. The research sample was hospital personnel, with a minimum of 72 samples selected through random sampling. This study's expected results prove that the simulation innovation product with VR effectively improves participants' skills and confidence in dealing with fires.

The expected target is that this innovation will allow hospital personnel to control fire disasters that occur at any time in the hospital.

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Conditions studied

  • Participants' Psychomotor
  • Affective Attitudes
  • Fire-related Cognitive Abilities
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In context

Lead sponsor

Universitas Indonesia is the lead sponsor of 35 studies on the registry; 13 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 58 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • DR. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital Personnel

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Being sick
  • Can not be reached
  • Cannot use VR headset or flat screen feature
  • Not willing to take part in research
  • Become Person in Charge of in the occupational health safety unit
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
72 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Virtual Reality Fire Safety and Evacuation Training

    In the VR group, treatment was given individually. Each subject performed a VR-based fire evacuation simulation at the Hospital using tools and programs that had been prepared by the team.

    Device: Meta Quest 3 Headset

  • Experimental
    Conventional Fire Safety and Evacuation Training

    In conventional simulation group is considered as control group. Simulation is done in groups and consists of six subjects, each individual will get their respective roles.

    Other: Conventional fire safety evacuation simulation

Interventions

  • DeviceMeta Quest 3 Headset

    VR Code Red Evacuation Simulation

  • OtherConventional fire safety evacuation simulation

    Code Red Evacuation simulation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Improvement of cognitive score

    increase in the average difference in the pretest and posttest questionnaire scores for cognitive aspects. Scoring range is from 0-100, with higher score as better outcome.

    Time frame: immediately after the intervention

  2. Improvement of affective score

    increase in the average difference in the pretest and posttest questionnaire scores for affective aspects. Scoring range is from 0-100, with higher score as better outcome.

    Time frame: immediately after the intervention

  3. Improvement of psychomotor score

    increase in the average difference in the pretest and posttest questionnaire scores for psychomotor aspects. Scoring range is from 0-100, with higher score as better outcome.

    Time frame: immediately after the intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • DR. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
    Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Special Capital Region 10430, Indonesia
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References and documents

Publications

  • Nayahangan LJ, Stefanidis D, Kern DE, Konge L. How to identify and prioritize procedures suitable for simulation-based training: Experiences from general needs assessments using a modified Delphi method and a needs assessment formula. Med Teach. 2018 Jul;40(7):676-683. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1472756. Epub 2018 Jun 25. PubMed 29938547 ↗
  • Gan W, Mok TN, Chen J, She G, Zha Z, Wang H, Li H, Li J, Zheng X. Researching the application of virtual reality in medical education: one-year follow-up of a randomized trial. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Jan 3;23(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03992-6. PubMed 36597093 ↗
  • Ortiz M, Kent D, Carlucci M, Ricca P, Zeiher W, Vanderzwan K, Betka AA, Kilroy S. Bloom's Taxonomy: Framing Virtual Simulations During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Nurses Prof Dev. 2023 Sep-Oct 01;39(5):E154-E160. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000897. Epub 2022 Apr 13. PubMed 37683220 ↗
  • Adams NE. Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive learning objectives. J Med Libr Assoc. 2015 Jul;103(3):152-3. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.103.3.010. PubMed 26213509 ↗
  • Farra SL, Miller ET, Hodgson E. Virtual reality disaster training: translation to practice. Nurse Educ Pract. 2015 Jan;15(1):53-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.08.017. Epub 2013 Sep 12. PubMed 24063793 ↗
  • Farra SL, Gneuhs M, Hodgson E, Kawosa B, Miller ET, Simon A, Timm N, Hausfeld J. Comparative Cost of Virtual Reality Training and Live Exercises for Training Hospital Workers for Evacuation. Comput Inform Nurs. 2019 Sep;37(9):446-454. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000540. PubMed 31166203 ↗
  • Tin D, Hertelendy AJ, Ciottone GR. Disaster medicine training: The case for virtual reality. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Oct;48:370-371. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.085. Epub 2021 Feb 5. No abstract available. PubMed 33581938 ↗
  • Pottle J. Virtual reality and the transformation of medical education. Future Healthc J. 2019 Oct;6(3):181-185. doi: 10.7861/fhj.2019-0036. PubMed 31660522 ↗
  • Samadbeik M, Yaaghobi D, Bastani P, Abhari S, Rezaee R, Garavand A. The Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in Medical Groups Teaching. J Adv Med Educ Prof. 2018 Jul;6(3):123-129. PubMed 30013996 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Because this research only requires the results of the subject's questionnaire assessment.

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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07917793
Lead sponsor
Universitas Indonesia
Responsible party
Riyadh Firdaus (MD, Universitas Indonesia) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 5, 2026
Start date
Aug 6, 2024
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2024
Completion
Dec 30, 2024
Last update
Nov 5, 2026

Oversight

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