This randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of serious game-based training for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) management among third-year nursing students. The study employs a pre-test-post-test design with two parallel groups: an experimental group (game-based education) and a control group (traditional education). The sample size was determined by power analysis to be 70 students in total, with 35 students in each group. Participants will be assigned in a 1:1 ratio by computer-assisted block randomisation by a person independent of the research team; students and instructors will not be blinded, but the biostatistician performing the data analysis will be blinded. The intervention group will first receive traditional education, followed by gamification-based education including nursing interventions in the management of PPB; the control group will receive only traditional education. Data will be collected using the PPK Management Knowledge and Skills Assessment Form and the PPK Management Self-Confidence Scale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
Students in the intervention group will first receive traditional theoretical and practical training in the department's curriculum using standard methods; they will then participate in the developed serious game application.
Sakarya University
Adapazarı, Sakarya, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGPostpartum Haemorrhage Management Knowledge and Skills
The form was developed by researchers for this study based on the literature. The assessment form, consisting of 20 multiple-choice questions, was prepared to evaluate the student's knowledge and skill levels in PPB management. The opinions of three experts in the field of Women's Health and Obstetric Nursing and Midwifery were sought to assess the comprehensiveness, clarity, and scientific appropriateness of the questions on the form. In the Postpartum Haemorrhage Management Knowledge and Skills Assessment Form, each correct answer is scored as '5' and each incorrect answer as '0'. The maximum score that can be obtained from the form is "100", and the minimum score is '0'.
Time frame: pre-education and within 1 week after training
Self-Confidence Scale in PPH Management
The form was developed by researchers for this study based on the literature. The assessment form, consisting of 10 multiple-choice questions, was prepared to evaluate the student's level of self-efficacy in PPH management. Three experts in the field of Women's Health and Obstetric Nursing and Midwifery were consulted to assess the comprehensiveness, clarity, and scientific appropriateness of the questions on the form. The scale is a 5-point Likert scale (1=Strongly disagree 2=Disagree 3=Undecided 4=Agree 5=Strongly agree)
Time frame: pre-education and within 1 week after training
Self-Regulated Learning Scale for Clinical Nursing Practice
The scale was developed by Satoko Iyama and Hitomi Maeda in 2017 and adapted into Turkish by Şenol and Orgun in 2018. It consists of 16 items in a 5-point Likert scale type, comprising two sub-dimensions: 'Motivation' and 'Learning Strategies'. The scale is structured as follows: 1. Motivation 2. Learning Strategies It is a 5-point Likert-type scale comprising 16 items and two subscales: 'Motivation' and "Learning Strategies". The minimum score achievable on the entire scale is 16, with a maximum score of 80, and Cronbach's α was determined to be 0.898.
Time frame: pre-education and within 1 week after training
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