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The Impact of Death Reflection Based on an Immersive Virtual Simulation System on Nursing Students' perception of a Good Death and Attitudes Toward Death: A randomized controlled trial

The Impact of Death Reflection Based on an Immersive Virtual Simulation System on Nursing Students' perception of a Good Death and Attitudes Toward Death

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500110985
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-10-23
Start date
2025-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

None

Interventions

Control group:Conventional death education methods are adopted, which include teachers' PPT lectures combined with interactions, with a duration of 90 minutes.
Experimental group:Through teacher-student interaction based on an immersive virtual simulation system, teachers guide students to conduct death reflection, with a total duration of 90 minutes.

Sponsors

Zibo Central Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or older; 2. Have given informed consent and voluntarily participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Those who request to withdraw from the study midway due to leave, force majeure, or other reasons; 2.Those with incomplete filling of information such as observation indicators; 3.Those with visual impairment (unable to watch VR videos), 4. Those who experience nausea or dizziness while watching VR videos; 5.Those with epileptic symptoms.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Perception of good death;Attitudes toward death;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Learning satisfaction;Learning self-confidence;Empathy;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactJing Xuebing

Zibo Central Hospital

jingxuebing@163.com+86 186 7818 5821

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026