Research Article
Comparative Effectiveness of Simulation versus Serious Game for Training Nursing Students in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Control Trial
Table 1
Individual characteristics of nursing students in the simulation, serious games, and control groups.
| | Variables | Group | Simulation | Serious game | Control | Test and value | | (%) or mean (SD) | (%) or mean (SD) | (%) or mean (SD) |
| | Sex | Male | 11 (61.1) | 7 (38.9) | 12 (66.7) | Fisher’s exact test
| | Female | 7 (38.9) | 11 (61.1) | 6 (33.3) | | Age | | 20.11 (1.1) | 20.41 (0.8) | 19.78 (0.8) | Kruskal-Wallis
, | | Marital status | Married | 2 (11.1) | 2 (11.1) | 0 (0) | Fisher’s exact test
| | Single | 16 (88.9) | 16 (88.9) | 18 (100) | | Living situation (dormitory) | Yes | 16 (88.9) | 18 (100) | 18 (100) | Fisher’s exact test
| | No | 2 (11.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | University entrance exam score | | 8152.86 (768.6) | 7816.09 (814.74) | 8029.69 (663.11) | Kruskal-Wallis
, | | Theoretical training on CPR | Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | Fisher’s exact test
| | No | 18 (100) | 18 (100) | 17 (94.4) | | Practical training on CPR | Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | Fisher’s exact test
| | No | 18 (100) | 18 (100) | 17 (94.4) | | Exposure to CPR | Yes | 2 (11.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (11.1) | Fisher’s exact test
| | No | 16 (88.9) | 17 (100) | 16 (88.9) |
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