Escape Room vs. Traditional Assessment in Physiotherapy Students’ Anxiety, Stress and Gaming Experience: A Comparative Study

Guadalupe Molina-Torres, Irene Sandoval-Hernández, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Miguel Rodriguez-Arrastia, Jesús Martínez-Cal and Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez
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Guadalupe Molina-Torres: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Irene Sandoval-Hernández: Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus of Melilla, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, Spain
Carmen Ropero-Padilla: Pre-Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jaume I University, 12071 Castello de la Plana, Spain
Miguel Rodriguez-Arrastia: Pre-Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jaume I University, 12071 Castello de la Plana, Spain
Jesús Martínez-Cal: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 23, 1-9

Abstract: Escape Rooms can serve multiple academic and educational purposes and can be used as part of the evaluation of a learning program. The aim of this study was to analyze the levels of anxiety and stress perceived in the evaluation using the Escape Room compared to the traditional evaluation, as well as to analyze the gaming experience. Methods: A comparative study was carried out in students of the Degree in Physiotherapy, with a total of 56 participants who underwent 2 evaluation processes. The variables analyzed were the State—Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire, and the Gaming Experience Scale. A comparative analysis was performed between the groups using the Mann Whitney U test and Student’s T test. Results: The levels of state-anxiety and trait-anxiety were higher in the traditional assessment group. Although no differences were found in the qualification obtained by the students, statistically significant differences were found between the two evaluation systems in terms of the overload factor, the energy factor, and the fear-anxiety factor of the perceived stress questionnaire. Conclusions: The Escape Room can be considered as an alternative to the traditional evaluation in Physiotherapy Degree students due to its lower levels of anxiety and perceived stress.

Keywords: physiotherapy; escape room; evaluation; students; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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