A Web-Based Escape Room to Raise Awareness About Severe Mental Illness Among University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

People with severe mental illness (SMI) face discriminatory situations because of prejudice toward them, even among health care personnel. Escape rooms can be a novel educational strategy for learning about and empathizing with SMI, thus reducing stigma among health care students. This study aimed t...

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Published in:JMIR serious games 2022-05, Vol.10 (2), p.e34222-e34222
Main Authors: Rodriguez-Ferrer, Jose M, Manzano-León, Ana, Cangas, Adolfo J, Aguilar-Parra, Jose M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age
Attitudes
Computer & video games
COVID-19
Educational software
Escape rooms
Ethics
Learning
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Nursing education
Original Paper
Questionnaires
Schizophrenia
Stereotypes
Stigma
University students
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Summary:People with severe mental illness (SMI) face discriminatory situations because of prejudice toward them, even among health care personnel. Escape rooms can be a novel educational strategy for learning about and empathizing with SMI, thus reducing stigma among health care students. This study aimed to examine the effect of the Without Memories escape room on nursing students' stigma against SMI. A pre- and postintervention study was conducted with a control group and an experimental group. A total of 306 students from 2 Andalusian universities participated in the study. Data were collected through a pre-post study questionnaire, consisting of an adapted version of the Attributional Style Questionnaire and a questionnaire on motivation for cooperative playful learning strategies. The control group carried out an escape room scenario without sensitizing content, whereas the experimental group carried out an escape room scenario on SMI, with both escape rooms being carried out in a 1-hour session of subjects related to mental health. To answer the research questions, a 2-way analysis of variance with repeated measures, a linear regression, and a 2-way analysis of variance were performed. After the intervention, a significant reduction (P.05) were observed. In contrast, the linear regression (t =-22.15; P
ISSN:2291-9279
2291-9279
DOI:10.2196/34222