How to measure gamification experiences in nursing? Adaptation and validation of the Gameful Experience Scale [GAMEX].

BACKGROUND

There has been an increasing amount of research in the last few years on the use of gamification in nursing. However, there is not yet a suitable measuring instrument that fully captures the emotional qualities that arise with the use of gamification.

OBJECTIVES

To culturally adapt and validate the Gameful Experience Scale used among nursing students as well as understand their game experience.

DESIGN

The study was divided into two phases 1) cross-cultural adaptation and 2) validation of the scale and cross-sectional descriptive study.

SETTINGS

Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Almeria, Spain.

PARTICIPANTS

226 students studying an undergraduate nursing degree.

METHODS

In the first phase, a cross-cultural adaptation was carried out using a forward-back translation, with the collaboration of a panel of experts. In the second phase, the corresponding analyses were performed, to measure the reliability and the validity of the instrument.

RESULTS

The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test that measures the appropriateness of the sample had a result of 0.875. Bartlett's sphericity test was significant (X(351) = 3755.142, p < 0.05). A structure of 6 factors was confirmed. The total Chronbach α value was 0.855. In the analysis of the test-retest reliability, a correlation level of 0.89 was obtained (p < 0.05). The participants showed high scores in all the dimensions, except that of absence of negative effects.

CONCLUSIONS

The adapted version of the scale showed good results in regards to reliability and validity, which indicates that it is an effective tool to be used to measure the game experience in nursing students' training.