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NCT Number: NCT05798468

Effectiveness of Augmented Reality in the Teaching of Health University Students.

The exponential growth of new technologies has meant that the educational field has had to update itself. From the educational point of view, there are some studies that have promoted the implementation of new technologies. These facts have raised the need to implement augmented reality in the university environment, especially among students of health sciences. The use of augmented reality can mean a new approach to teaching by teachers and better learning by students. Objetive: To compare the degree of usability of the two augmented reality applications and to analyse the academic performance of the control group and the experimental group at the Universities of Cadiz and Malaga. The existence of significant differences and relationships between the two variables will be observed.

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

17 year–26 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Rocío Martín-Valero

Málaga, Spain

About this study

This research has followed the SPIRIT statement and the ethical and legal aspects of the Principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. An intervention was carried out using two augmented reality applications in the subject of General Procedures in Physiotherapy II at the Universities of Malaga and Cadiz.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Students who belong to the degree of Physiotherapy and who are enrolled in the subject General Procedures in Physical Therapy II.

Exclusion criteria

  • Non-university students.
  • Non-university students from outside the health care field.

Treatment and study plan

Augmented Reality

Other

The intervention will be carried out in the Physiotherapy Degree of the Universities of Malaga and Cadiz. It will consist of the use of software and a platform that works with augmented reality. Previously a study of the demographic variable of the population that conforms the study will be carried out. During the intervention, teaching will be carried out with the support and enhancement of the use of augmented reality through Zapworks and Aumentaty. A study and analysis of the variables of the qualifications and usability of the study population will be carried out. For the qualification variable, the academic performance of the students will be taken into account and for the usability variable, the System Usability Scale will be used. Subsequently, an analysis and interpretation will be carried out to assess the correlation between both variables.

Control Group

Other

Traditional education will be carried out

Primary outcomes

  1. Demographic variables

    Time frame: 3 months

    This variable allows us to know the age and gender of the study population. This will allow us to know the homogeneity and the average of the groups that will make up the study. The data of this variable will be obtained through the interview process in the selection and agreement to belong to the study.

  2. Rating variable

    Time frame: 3 months

    This variable will allow us to know the academic performance of the population. An analysis and interpretation of the results of this variable will be carried out individually, that is to say, the results pertaining to the population of the University of Malaga and Cadiz will be observed.

    The unit of measurement will be the academic performance of the students, which will be determined by the teaching tests that evaluate the comprehension, understanding and learning of the knowledge imparted in the subject. The higher the scores or the better the results in the teaching tests, the higher the academic performance, and on the contrary, the lower the scores or the worse the results in the teaching tests, the lower the academic performance.

  3. Usability variable

    Time frame: 3 months

    This variable will take into account the use of Zapworks software and the Aumentaty platform in the study population. The System Usability Scale will be used for data collection. The analysis and interpretation of the data will be carried out individually, i.e., it will be carried out at the universities of Malaga and Cadiz.

    The following questions are the original ones, taken from the original test on The scale consists of 10 questions and each of them can be scored from 1 to 5, where 1 means total disagreement and 5 means total agreement. To obtain the measurement we will add the results obtained by the scale. For this, the odd questions (1,3,5,7 and 9) will take the value assigned by the user and one point will be subtracted. The even numbered questions will be five minus the assigned value. Once the final number is obtained, it will be multiplied by 2.5. The higher the score, the higher the usability and conversely, a lower score will indicate a lower usability.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Correlatión between usability and rating variable

    Time frame: 3 months

    This variable will allow us to perform an interpretation and analysis that will allow us to know whether or not there is a correlation between the rating variable (which measures the students' academic performance) and usability (data that will be obtained from the usability scale). The measurement of the correlation between both variables will be done with Spearman's correlation coefficient, which will determine the existence of a correlation between the two main variables.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Malaga

Other

Collaborators

  • Alejandro Vega Morales
  • María Jesús Viñolo Gil

Registry information

Official study title

Comparative Study of Augmented Reality in the Teaching of Health University Students.

Acronym: AR2022

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 4, 2023
Registry last updated
Nov 8, 2023

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