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Design and protocol of a randomized assessor-blinded controlled trial evaluating an educational escape room for individual and team cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills among nursing students

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-026-05151-4

Published Online: 2026-07-29

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Bakhshi, Fatemeh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9238-0340
Ashkezari, Amir Dehghani https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8821-5469
Heydari, Sara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0033-7028
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences (18765)
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Article History

Received: 5 December 2024

Accepted: 27 July 2026

First Online: 29 July 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol is designed and conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent is obtained from all participants after they receive a detailed explanation of the study objectives. Participation is voluntary, and students retain the right to withdraw at any stage. To ensure ethical safety in an educational setting, students are assured that their involvement, performance, and scores in the study activities, including the workshops, CPR-ERG, and TOSCE assessments, will have no bearing on their official academic evaluations or course grades. Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Research Ethics Committee of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences (Ethics Code: IR.SSU.RSI.REC.1403.068).

Consent for publication: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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