Use of Virtual Reality for Overdose Management Educational Trainings

Virtual Reality Clinical Trial

Official title:

Use of Virtual Reality for Overdose Management Educational Trainings

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04091659
• Other study ID #: 833978
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 18, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 16, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2020
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This cluster-randomized trial will compare changes in attitudes and knowledge on administering naloxone based on exposure to either a virtual reality educational training or the current standard educational trainings (e.g. on-line videos, printed information handouts) offered at local libraries. Individuals attending local library's naloxone training days will voluntarily complete an anonymous validated survey pre and post attending either the virtual reality or standard educational training.

Description:

This study will utilize a cluster-randomized trial design. Entire libraries will be randomized to either offer community members the virtual reality training or the standard educational offerings (e.g. handouts, online videos). Volunteers will be asked to complete the brief, anonymous, and validated Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale prior to receiving an education intervention (pretest) and then again immediately after (posttest). Neither participants nor investigators will be blinded. Library patrons who do not participate in the study will be offered current standard training materials. Regardless of the library's randomization, to either virtual reality or standard training, all patrons completing pre and post test surveys will have the opportunity to view the virtual reality training or other public health department materials.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 98
• Est. completion date: January 16, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to complete paper surveys independently
• Provide verbal consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to complete immediate post-training assessment
• Individuals under 18 years of age
• Individuals who cannot communicate in English and provide consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Drug Overdose
• Virtual Reality

Intervention

Other:
• Virtual Reality Education
Virtual Reality Education (Intervention): The experimental group of libraries will receive the virtual reality simulation, which is guided by the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory, and lasts 9 minutes. The virtual reality education is based on scenes and dialogue conducted during the hybrid high-fidelity simulation, from a script developed using the existing hybrid simulation on opioid overdose intervention. This virtual reality education is an educational intervention.
• Standard Education
Standard Educational (Control): The public health department's training includes printed handouts on how to administer naloxone and youtube videos on how to spot signs and symptoms of overdose and administer naloxone. Additionally, staff are on hand to provide one on one verbal educational trainings to local community members voluntarily seeking education.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale (OOKS) From Pre- to Post-training	Higher scores on the OOKS indicate greater knowledge on how to identify and appropriately intervene during an opioid related overdose, including proper use of naloxone. The tool has been validated with healthcare professionals and lay persons and used to assess changes in knowledge and attitudes after in-person naloxone trainings. This main outcome of this study is examining changes in the OOKS subscale for signs of an opioid overdose with scores ranging from 0 to 10.	Immediately Pre-Training and Within 1 Hour Post-training
Secondary	Change in Opioid Overdose Attitudes Scale (OOAS) From Pre- to Post-training	The OOAS subscales assessing competencies to manage an opioid overdose (5 items). Study participants were given intranasal naloxone, so all items were adapted to refer to intranasal naloxone rather than injectable naloxone. OOAS items were scored on a Likert-type scale and higher scores suggested more favorable attitudes towards opioid overdose response, where 1=completely disagree, and 5=completely agree	Immediately Pre-Training and Within 1 Hour Post-training