VR clinical simulation produced higher anxiety than face-to-face manikin simulation in maternal-newborn nursing¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In one randomized controlled trial, anxiety scores measured by NASC-CDM were higher for students in the VR clinical simulation than in face-to-face high-fidelity manikin simulation. → 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? · review · r2

The review reports this randomized pretest-posttest trial of 56 nursing students comparing VR clinical simulation with face-to-face manikin simulation, in which "anxiety scores... were higher for students in the VR simulation".

"However, the new technology rather than the VR simulation itself might have caused the increased anxiety."

Discussion¶

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