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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the effect of the Without Memories escape room on nursing students' stigma against SMI.

Methods

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 c

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Ferrer JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature