VR/haptics intravenous simulator training reduced state anxiety in all groups with no significant group differences¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the intravenous simulator RCT, state anxiety and VAS for anxiety decreased in all groups after venipuncture, with no significant differences among the three groups. → Pérez de los Cobos Cintas C 2025

Evidence¶

Pérez de los Cobos Cintas C 2025¶

Pérez de los Cobos Cintas C, Vuillerme N, Thomann G, Di Marco L. (2025). Effect of an Extended Reality Simulation Intervention on Midwifery Students' Anxiety: Systematic Review. JMIR Nursing. https://doi.org/10.2196/68984

q2 · i? · causal · r2

The review reports this randomized control trial of 60 first-year nursing students assigned to conventional intravenous arm, VR/haptics simulator, or both, where "State anxiety and VAS for anxiety decreased in all groups".

"One study [24] reported no statistical differences among the 3 groups. State anxiety and VAS for anxiety decreased in all groups after venipuncture."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• VR-based nurse-physician communication team training produced communication performance and interprofessional-attitude gains similar to live simulation — related
• Haptic simulator trials more frequently show superior accuracy outcomes when force-feedback and structured guidance are included — related
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• Included haptics studies most often used crossover designs, followed by RCTs, with a mean sample size of 24 — related