TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual reality teaching in chemotherapy administration
T2 - Randomised controlled trial
AU - Chan, Hsiang Ying
AU - Chang, Han Chao
AU - Huang, Tsai Wei
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by WanFang Hospital in North Taiwan. Thanks to the Department of Nursing for assisting in filming. This manuscript was also edited by Wallace Academic Editing.
Funding Information:
No funding was obtained for this study. This study was supported by WanFang Hospital in North Taiwan. Thanks to the Department of Nursing for assisting in filming. This manuscript was also edited by Wallace Academic Editing.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Aims and objectives: This study examined the effect of virtual reality (VR)-based documents (VRdocs) on knowledge and attitude towards chemotherapy administration in nursing students. Background: Chemotherapeutic drugs in cancer patients are a complicated and dangerous process. However, despite the high toxicity of the chemotherapeutic drugs, the compulsory or internship courses in nursing schools do not include training in operational chemotherapeutics and its associated safety measures. Design: A randomised controlled trial based on the CONSORT 2010 guidelines (registry number: NCT03707210). Method: A total of 77 students were randomised to an experimental (VRdocs, n = 38) or a control group (n = 39). Pre- and posttest data were collected. After the pretest, the control group received the education documents, whereas, the experimental group used VR software consisting of an application about chemotherapy administration. Finally, the effectiveness of the intervention was self-evaluated using questionnaires after 7 days. Results: The posttest scores for knowledge (F = 6.412, p =.013) and attitude in the experimental group were significantly different from those in the control group (F = 8.469, p =.005). Compared with the control group, a significant number of students in the experimental group indicated their higher recommendation score for the VRdocs (p =.0001). Conclusion: Schools must provide a variety of handouts and teaching methods to educate nursing students about high-risk nursing techniques. Methods using VR can address the shortcomings of the traditional documents, and the use of both methods simultaneously can produce better learning results. Relevance to clinical practice: Virtual reality based documents were provided to the participants to understand the preparation, implementation, and safety of chemotherapy. VRdocs allow students to re-learn high-risk care techniques without the influence of time and space and may prove useful for other nursing courses.
AB - Aims and objectives: This study examined the effect of virtual reality (VR)-based documents (VRdocs) on knowledge and attitude towards chemotherapy administration in nursing students. Background: Chemotherapeutic drugs in cancer patients are a complicated and dangerous process. However, despite the high toxicity of the chemotherapeutic drugs, the compulsory or internship courses in nursing schools do not include training in operational chemotherapeutics and its associated safety measures. Design: A randomised controlled trial based on the CONSORT 2010 guidelines (registry number: NCT03707210). Method: A total of 77 students were randomised to an experimental (VRdocs, n = 38) or a control group (n = 39). Pre- and posttest data were collected. After the pretest, the control group received the education documents, whereas, the experimental group used VR software consisting of an application about chemotherapy administration. Finally, the effectiveness of the intervention was self-evaluated using questionnaires after 7 days. Results: The posttest scores for knowledge (F = 6.412, p =.013) and attitude in the experimental group were significantly different from those in the control group (F = 8.469, p =.005). Compared with the control group, a significant number of students in the experimental group indicated their higher recommendation score for the VRdocs (p =.0001). Conclusion: Schools must provide a variety of handouts and teaching methods to educate nursing students about high-risk nursing techniques. Methods using VR can address the shortcomings of the traditional documents, and the use of both methods simultaneously can produce better learning results. Relevance to clinical practice: Virtual reality based documents were provided to the participants to understand the preparation, implementation, and safety of chemotherapy. VRdocs allow students to re-learn high-risk care techniques without the influence of time and space and may prove useful for other nursing courses.
KW - chemotherapy administration
KW - nursing student
KW - virtual reality
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U2 - 10.1111/jocn.15701
DO - 10.1111/jocn.15701
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100998788
SN - 0962-1067
VL - 30
SP - 1874
EP - 1883
JO - Journal of Clinical Nursing
JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing
IS - 13-14
ER -
