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ArticleJMIR serious games2024

Effects of a Serious Smartphone Game on Nursing Students' Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Skills in Adult Basic Life Support: Randomized Wait List-Controlled Trial.

Nino Fijačko, Ruth Masterson Creber, Špela Metličar, Matej Strnad, Robert Greif, Gregor Štiglic, Pavel Skok

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Article in JMIR serious games, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05784675 (Impact of Serious Smartphone-based Game Use on Adult Performance of Basic Life Support Skills), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05784675 naunknown statusnot on this map

Impact of Serious Smartphone-based Game Use on Adult Performance of Basic Life Support Skills

TypeinterventionalSponsorNino FijačkoRan2023 to 2023Enrolled100ConditionsOut-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Mobile Phone Use, Stress, Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeArmsMOBI-CPR game
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Nino Fijačko *Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2722-0049
Ruth Masterson Creber *School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-9902
Špela Metličar *Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4051-1736
Matej Strnad *Maribor University Medical Centre, Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-557X
Robert Greif *European Resuscitation Council Research Net, Niels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0160-2073
Gregor Štiglic *Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0183-8679
Pavel Skok *Maribor University Medical Centre, Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2891-0295
University of Maribor · SIColumbia University · USSigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien · ATUniversity Clinical Centre Maribor · SI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRetention of adult basic life support (BLS) knowledge and skills after professional training declines over time. To combat this, the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association recommend shorter, more frequent BLS sessions. Emphasizing technology-enhanced learning, such as mobile learning, aims to increase out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival and is becoming more integral in nursing education.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate whether playing a serious smartphone game called MOBICPR at home can improve and retain nursing students' theoretical knowledge of and practical skills in adult BLS.

methodsThis study used a randomized wait list-controlled design. Nursing students were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either a MOBICPR intervention group (MOBICPR-IG) or a wait-list control group (WL-CG), where the latter received the MOBICPR game 2 weeks after the MOBICPR-IG. The aim of the MOBICPR game is to engage participants in using smartphone gestures (eg, tapping) and actions (eg, talking) to perform evidence-based adult BLS on a virtual patient with OHCA. The participants' theoretical knowledge of adult BLS was assessed using a questionnaire, while their practical skills were evaluated on cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality parameters using a manikin and a checklist.

resultsIn total, 43 nursing students participated in the study, 22 (51%) in MOBICPR-IG and 21 (49%) in WL-CG. There were differences between the MOBICPR-IG and the WL-CG in theoretical knowledge (P=.04) but not in practical skills (P=.45) after MOBICPR game playing at home. No difference was noted in the retention of participants' theoretical knowledge and practical skills of adult BLS after a 2-week break from playing the MOBICPR game (P=.13). Key observations included challenges in response checks with a face-down manikin and a general neglect of safety protocols when using an automated external defibrillator.

conclusionsPlaying the MOBICPR game at home has the greatest impact on improving the theoretical knowledge of adult BLS in nursing students but not their practical skills. Our findings underscore the importance of integrating diverse scenarios into adult BLS training.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05784675); https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05784675.

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adult basic life supportappapplicationapplicationsappscontrolled trialeducationeducationalgamegamesgamingknowledge retentionlife supportmHealthmobile healthnursenursesnursingpracticalpracticerandomized controlled trialRCTresuscitationserious smartphone gamesmartphonesmartphonesteachingtechnology-enhanced learningTELtheoretical knowledge

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PMID38578690
PMCPMC11031703
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