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Trial reportBMC oral health2024

Virtual reality-based simulation learning on geriatric oral health care for nursing students: a pilot study.

Pei-Chao Lin, Shu-Fen Wung, Pei-Chen Lin, Yi-Ching Lin, Cheng-Yu Lin, Hsiao-Ling Huang

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Trial report in BMC oral health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05248542 (The Effects of Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality Usage on Oral Care Knowledge in Nursing Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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The Effects of Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality Usage on Oral Care Knowledge in Nursing Students

TypeinterventionalSponsorKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial HospitalRan2021 to 2021Enrolled50ConditionsVirtual Reality, Oral Care, Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeArmsVirtual Reality Usage on Oral Care Knowledge
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Pei-Chao LinSchool of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shu-Fen WungCollege of Nursing, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Pei-Chen LinDepartment of Oral Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yi-Ching LinSchool of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yu LinDepartment of Radio, TV & Film, Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Ling HuangDepartment of Oral Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hhuang@kmu.edu.tw.

Funding

National Science and Technology Council MOST 111-2314-B-037-022the Southern Taiwan Science Park, Ministry of Science and Technology CY-05-07-39-110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a great need for training and education in the nursing curriculum to improve nurses' knowledge and skills to provide oral health care.

methodsA pilot study was conducted to evaluate the use of a virtual reality (VR)-based Oral Health Care Learning System to train geriatric oral health care among nursing students. Fifty undergraduate nursing students were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 25) and control (n = 25) groups. The experimental group received the VR-based simulation training on geriatric oral health care and the training was implemented twice at two weeks apart from March to November 2021. The control group did not receive the training intervention. Knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy of geriatric oral health care as well as the intention to assist oral health care for older adults were assessed at the beginning, second, and fourth weeks. Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze the effectiveness of the VR-based simulation training.

resultsAfter the first round of training, students in the experimental group had significantly greater improvements in knowledge and self-efficacy of geriatric oral health care than in the control group. After the second round of training, students in the experimental group had significantly greater improvements in knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy of geriatric oral health care as well as the intention to assist oral health care for older adult than in the control group.

conclusionsThe VR-based simulation training was effective to improve undergraduate nursing students' knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy of geriatric oral health as well as the intention to assist oral health care for older adults. The VR-based simulation learning system is an effective tool to provide practice experiences to build confidence and skills and to bridge the gap of understudied geriatric oral health content in entry-level nursing curricula.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05248542; registration date 21/02/2022).

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Simulation TrainingStudents, NursingVirtual RealityAdultClinical CompetenceCurriculumFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleOral HealthPilot ProjectsSelf EfficacyYoung AdultAttitudeIntentionKnowledgeNursing studentOral healthSelf-efficacyTaiwanVirtual reality

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PMID38807116
PMCPMC11134768

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