The effect of chatbot-supported instruction on nursing students' history-taking questioning skills and stress level: A randomized controlled study.

J Prof Nurs

Kocaeli University of Health and Technology, Information Systems Engineering Deparment, Kocaeli, Turkey; Wefi Games Software Company, Goller Bolgesi Teknokenti, Isparta, Turkey.

Published: September 2025


Category Ranking

98%

Total Visits

921

Avg Visit Duration

2 minutes

Citations

20

Article Abstract

Background: Comprehensive history-taking is crucial for patient assessment, prioritisation of care, and planning of care. While direct instruction methods effectively explain history-taking processes and components, they provide insufficient opportunities for practice, necessitating the implementation of supplementary teaching strategies.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effects of AI chatbot-supported history-taking training on nursing students' questioning skills and clinical stress levels.

Methods: This randomized controlled study with pretest-posttest was conducted with 82 "first-year" nursing students. The students were randomly assigned to either an intervention (n = 41) or a control (n = 41) group. The intervention group underwent history-taking using the traditional teaching method (theoretical training, watching a video, and clinical practice) plus an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot; the students in the control group were trained only with the traditional method.

Results: The intervention group demonstrated significantly superior performance in two specific components: history of present illness and review of systems (p < 0.05). Clinical stress levels showed mixed results, with significant differences in Challenge and Benefit subscales but no difference in overall stress scores between groups.

Conclusion: Chatbot-based history-taking instruction is efficacious in improving students' history-taking questioning skills in specific components of history-taking, but not in clinical stress.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2025.07.004DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

nursing students'
8
questioning skills
8
randomized controlled
8
controlled study
8
intervention group
8
history-taking
5
chatbot-supported instruction
4
instruction nursing
4
students' history-taking
4
history-taking questioning
4

Similar Publications

Background: The interprofessional educational curriculum for patient and personnel safety is of critical importance, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, to prepare junior multiprofessional teams for emergency settings.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative interprofessional educational curriculum that integrated medical movies, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and 3D computer-based or virtual reality (VR) simulation-based interprofessional education (SimBIE) with team co-debriefing to enhance interprofessional collaboration and team performance using Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS). This study addressed 3 key questions.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes of a Mobile Adaptation of a Relational Savoring Intervention to Prevent Loneliness in College Students: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.

JMIR Form Res

September 2025

Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States, 1 203-887-8857.

Background: Rates of loneliness have risen sharply since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely due to disruptions in social relationships and daily routines, with college students experiencing some of the greatest increases. While prevention programs targeting loneliness have been developed, their success has been limited. One promising approach may lie in enhancing the quality of existing relationships rather than simply increasing social interactions during periods of acute loneliness.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Healthy plant-based diets, such as vegan and vegetarian diets, as well as planetary health diets, meet the recommendations of sustainable dietary patterns and are healthier for both the planet and humans. The adoption of these dietary patterns may depend on socio-demographic factors and individual motivations. This study aimed to analyse the association between socio-demographic factors and knowledge and attitudes towards vegan and vegetarian diets amongst university students.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

We sought to better understand the impact of exposure to active shooter drills (ASDs) on students' perceived stress, including those with disabilities and prior experiences with trauma. We used data from a longitudinal study of ethnically diverse students (n = 2,033; 53.5% female) originally recruited in 2018 and followed annually thereafter.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF