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Virtual Reality Training in Nasogastric Tube Application for Nurses
Sponsor: Ayşe Eminoğlu
Summary
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality (VR) technology in teaching nurses nasogastric tube application skills. The study included nurses working in internal medicine, surgical, and intensive care units at a university hospital in Türkiye between July and September 2025. Sixty-five nurses were allocated to a virtual reality group or a conventional training group. Both groups received the same theoretical instruction and demonstration on a medium-fidelity simulator. Afterward, nurses in the virtual reality group practiced the nasogastric tube insertion and removal procedure in an immersive virtual reality application, while nurses in the conventional training group practiced the same procedure on a medium-fidelity simulator. We carried out final assessments at least two weeks after the practice session. We compared procedural skill, performance of safety-critical procedural steps, knowledge, self-confidence, anxiety, and motivation toward the instructional material between the two groups. The study included 62 nurses.
Official title: The Effect of Virtual Reality in Teaching Nasogastric Tube Application Skills to Nurses
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
65
Start Date
2025-07-07
Completion Date
2025-09-10
Last Updated
2026-09-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Immersive Virtual Reality Training
An immersive virtual reality application developed in Unity 2022.3.18f1 with the XR Interaction Toolkit 2.1 for the Oculus Quest 2 platform, presenting a virtual patient room in which the user performs 53 nasogastric tube insertion steps and 32 removal steps in a fixed sequence. Written instructions in the user's field of view and simultaneous audio narration guide each step. The system requires the interaction defining a step to be completed before the next step loads, so steps cannot be skipped or reordered. Performance was not scored within the application and session data were not recorded.
Conventional Simulator Practice
Individual practice of nasogastric tube insertion and removal on a medium-fidelity simulator, following the theoretical instruction and demonstration delivered by the researcher in accordance with the Nasogastric Catheter Application Checklist.
Locations (1)
Eskisehir Osmangazi University Health Practice and Research Hospital
Eskişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)