A Robotic Mental Health Simulation Intervention to Enhance Professional Identity, Interpersonal Communication Competence, and Emotional Intelligence Among Saudi Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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Conditions studied: Mental Health Simulation, Professional Identity, Interpersonal Communication Competence
In brief
A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up design will be used. Nursing students assigned to the intervention group will participate in structured robotic mental health simulation sessions involving interactions with a robot programmed to portray patients experiencing common psychiatric conditions, while the control group will receive traditional teaching methods. Outcomes will be assessed using validated measures of professional identity, interpersonal communication competence, and emotional intelligence before the intervention, immediately after completion, and three months later to determine both immediate and sustained educational effects
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07627646
- Run by
- Alexandria University
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2025-07-15
- Expected to finish
- 2026-06-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-04
Who can join
Age: 17 and older, up to 27. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing course (NURS 224) during the study period Students registered in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the College of Nursing, University of Hafr Al Batin Willingness to participate in the study and provide informed consent Attendance in both theoretical and practical components of the course during the intervention period Availability to participate in simulation sessions and complete all study assessments at baseline, post-test, and follow-up
You may not qualify if…
- Students who refuse or withdraw consent at any stage of the study Students who fail to complete all required data collection points (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up) Students absent from the robotic simulation sessions or traditional teaching sessions during the intervention period Students with prior formal training or extensive experience in psychiatric simulation-based education (if applicable to avoid bias)
Where it is running
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia — Dammam, Saudi Arabia (enrolling)
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