This study was planned to evaluate the effect of a preoperative patient preparation video, shown to nursing students via virtual reality glasses, on the development of empathy skills towards the perioperative process.
In recent years, virtual reality (VR)-based simulations used to support nursing students in understanding empathy and patient experience have been shown to enhance students' empathy and patient perspective skills. However, evidence regarding the impact of experiencing the preoperative patient preparation process with VR on nursing students' empathy and patient safety-focused perspectives towards the perioperative process is limited. Therefore, examining the effect of VR-based preoperative patient preparation experience on empathy levels in nursing students emerges as a scientific and educational necessity for improving perioperative nursing education and supporting patient-centered and safe care. The study will be conducted with second-year nursing undergraduate students who will be taking the Surgical Nursing course. The change in empathy scores at the end of the semester will be compared between students who participated in the VR-based preoperative preparation simulation application and those who did not. Students will be randomly assigned to groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
The nursing students in the experimental group 360° pre-operative patient preparation video via VR glasses. The visual content used in the study was recorded with an Insta360 X4 brand 360° action camera. The video includes processes such as identity verification, preoperative evaluation, anesthesia preparation, transfer to the operating room, time-out procedure, etc. The video is 9.5 minutes long.
Acibadem University
Istanbul, Other, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGEmpathy score
Empathy scores will be measured by the Jefferson Empathy Scale - Health Professions Students Form (JSE-HPS): developed to assess the empathic tendencies of health professions students in a clinical context, and will be used as the primary empathy measurement tool in this study. The scale was developed by Hojat et al. to measure the empathic attitudes of health professionals towards patient care and was later adapted for health professions students. The JSE-HPS is a self-report scale consisting of 7-point Likert-type items that reflect both cognitive and affective components of empathy in a clinical relationship context. 20 items 7-point Likert score range: 20-140 higher score = higher empathy
Time frame: Time Frame: Baseline; immediately post-intervention; 12th weeks
Cognitive and affective empathy measured by the Cognitive and Affective Empathy Scale (CAES)
Cognitive and Affective Empathy Scale (CAES): Developed by Reniers et al. in 2011, this scale assesses empathy under two main components: cognitive empathy and affective empathy. QCAE's robust psychometric structure provides a significant advantage for research seeking to examine empathy in detail across its sub-dimensions. 31 items subscales: cognitive \& affective empathy higher score = higher empathy
Time frame: Time Frame: Baseline; immediately post-intervention; 12th weeks
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