Evaluation of the effect of breastfeeding counseling education model developed in metaverse on breastfeeding counseling skills, knowledge and empathy level

IF 2.5 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Clinical Simulation in Nursing Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI:10.1016/j.ecns.2025.101810

Sinem Ceylan PhD , Gulten Guvenc PhD

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Abstract

Background

Researchers developed a training environment within the metaverse to facilitate breastfeeding counselling practices.

Method

In this randomised controlled trial, theoretical breastfeeding education was compared with LactaVerse—a breastfeeding counseling training environment within the metaverse, designed using Unity as two rooms: a hospital room and a room where lactation physiology is examined. A total of 111 nursing students (intervention: 55, control: 56) who volunteered and met the inclusion criteria participated in the study. Students' breastfeeding knowledge levels, counselling skills, and empathy skills were measured.

Findings

LactaVerse was found to be effective in increasing nursing students' breastfeeding knowledge and counselling skills, as well as in enhancing emotional empathy skills.

Conclusion

It is recommended that LactaVerse be used in nursing education and integrated into different educational fields to create virtual nursing laboratories.

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metaverse母乳喂养咨询教育模式对母乳喂养咨询技能、知识和共情水平的影响评价

研究人员在虚拟世界中开发了一个培训环境，以促进母乳喂养咨询实践。方法在本随机对照试验中，将理论母乳喂养教育与lactaverse进行比较。lactaverse是一种使用Unity设计的母乳喂养咨询培训环境，分为两个房间：一个是医院房间，一个是哺乳生理学检查房间。共有111名符合纳入标准的护生自愿参加本研究，其中干预组55名，对照组56名。测量了学生的母乳喂养知识水平、咨询技能和同理心技能。结果发现slactaverse在提高护理学生母乳喂养知识和咨询技能以及提高情感同理心技能方面效果显著。结论建议将LactaVerse应用于护理教育，并与不同教育领域相结合，创建虚拟护理实验室。

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来源期刊

Clinical Simulation in Nursing NURSING-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

15.40%

发文量

107

期刊介绍： Clinical Simulation in Nursing is an international, peer reviewed journal published online monthly. Clinical Simulation in Nursing is the official journal of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL) and reflects its mission to advance the science of healthcare simulation. We will review and accept articles from other health provider disciplines, if they are determined to be of interest to our readership. The journal accepts manuscripts meeting one or more of the following criteria: Research articles and literature reviews (e.g. systematic, scoping, umbrella, integrative, etc.) about simulation Innovative teaching/learning strategies using simulation Articles updating guidelines, regulations, and legislative policies that impact simulation Leadership for simulation Simulation operations Clinical and academic uses of simulation.