The effect of virtual reality-based operating room tour on nursing students' anxiety, stress and self-confidence levels in an operating room setting: A randomized controlled trial

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nurse Education in Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104380

Emine Arici Parlak , Hatice Ayhan , İmren Erer , Emine Iyigun

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Abstract

Aim

This study is planned to examine the effect of a virtual reality-based operating room tour on nursing students' anxiety, stress and self-confidence levels experienced in the operating room setting.

Background

It is important to know whether the impact of virtual reality-based applications on nursing students' anxiety and stress levels during clinical education.

Design

A Randomized Controlled Trial

Method

This study was conducted with 82 students. The students in the intervention group (n = 41) were given to experience the operating room environment through a virtual reality-based operating room tour following theoretical training. The students in the control group (n = 41) proceeded directly to clinical practice after the theoretical training. The data were collected after theoretical training, in the clinical simulation training laboratory and during clinical practice.

Results

The mean state anxiety score of the students in the intervention group (39.02 SD 4.76) was found to be statistically significantly lower than that of the students in the control group (41.68 SD 5.72) (p = 0.025). When examining stress levels, the average score of the perceived stress scale subdimension related to ‘’Stress from the environment’’ was lower in the intervention group (5.04 SD 2.09) compared with the control group (7.19 SD 3.43) (p = 0.001). Furthermore, the self-confidence level of the students in the intervention group in the operating room (7.93 SD 1.09) was found to be higher than that of the students in the control group (6.72 SD 1.20) (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

Before clinical practice, it was observed that the virtual reality-based operating room tour reduced students' stress and anxiety related to the environment, while also increasing their self-confidence levels.

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基于虚拟现实的手术室参观对护生手术室焦虑、压力和自信水平的影响：一项随机对照试验

目的探讨基于虚拟现实的手术室之旅对护生在手术室环境中的焦虑、压力和自信水平的影响。背景在临床教学中，了解虚拟现实应用对护生焦虑和压力水平的影响具有重要意义。设计：随机对照试验方法：本研究共纳入82名学生。干预组学生（n = 41）在进行理论培训后，通过虚拟现实的手术室参观体验手术室环境。对照组学生（n = 41）在完成理论培训后直接进入临床实习。数据收集于理论训练、临床模拟训练实验室和临床实践中。结果干预组学生的平均状态焦虑得分（39.02 SD 4.76）低于对照组学生的平均状态焦虑得分（41.68 SD 5.72），差异有统计学意义（p = 0.025）。在检查压力水平时，干预组与“来自环境的压力”相关的感知压力量表子维度平均得分（5.04 SD 2.09）低于对照组（7.19 SD 3.43）（p = 0.001）。此外，干预组学生在手术室的自信水平（7.93 SD 1.09）高于对照组学生（6.72 SD 1.20）（p <； 0.001）。结论在临床实习前，基于虚拟现实的手术室参观减少了学生与环境相关的压力和焦虑，同时也增加了他们的自信水平。

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Nurse Education in Practice NURSING-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

9.40%

发文量

180

审稿时长

51 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments. It is supportive of new authors and will be at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.