The Effect of Virtual Reality Training on Mental Health Literacy and Stigma

THE EFFECT OF TRAINING PROVIDED WITH VIRTUAL REALITY ON NURSES' MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AND STIGMA LEVEL TOWARDS MENTAL DISEASES

Purpose: This study will be conducted to examine the effect of virtual reality training on nurses' mental health literacy and stigma level towards mental illnesses.

Design: The study is a randomized controlled experimental research. Method: The population of the research consists of 110 nurses working in a public hospital. Power analysis was performed with G* Power software to determine the number of nurses constituting the research sample. The sample size was determined as 25 people in each group. Considering that there may be data loss in the study, it is planned to include 30 people in the intervention group and 30 people in the control group. Nurses who volunteer to participate in the study and fill out the pre-test will be randomly assigned to the groups using the Statistical Analysis Software program to ensure random distribution to the intervention and control groups. Personal Information Form, Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC) will be used in study data collection.

Hypotheses:

H1: The mental health literacy level of nurses who receive training with virtual reality is higher than nurses who receive classical training.

H2: The level of stigmatization towards mental illnesses of nurses trained with virtual reality is lower than nurses who received classical training.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 18 years or older
• Becoming a nurse
• Being actively working in a public hospital in Istanbul
• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Not having worked in a psychiatric ward before

Exclusion Criteria:

Being under 18 years of age

• Not being a nurse
• Not actively working in the hospital where the study will be conducted
• Not volunteering to participate in the study
• Having worked in a psychiatric ward before