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

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

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of virtual reality usage on oral care knowledge in nursing students. The participants were randomly assigned to virtual-reality experimental and control groups. The students in experimental group received a 30 minutes virtual reality (VR) training for elderly oral health care at the second week and the fourth week after the first time survey. All students self-administrated questionnaire three times at first date of consent form signed, immediately after each of the intervention for period of two weeks. Linear regression in generalized estimating equations (GEE) compare the differences between both groups.

A total of 50 first-year to third-year undergraduate nursing students were included from the Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. The students were randomly assigned divided at random into two groups, control (n = 25) and experimental (n = 25).

Inclusion Criteria:

1. undergraduate freshman, sophomore, and junior nursing students
2. those volunteered to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. students with known negative effects of using VR devices, such as nausea, vomiting, etc.
2. those under 20 years of age who had not obtained the consent of a legal representative to participate in this study.