The Effectiveness of 3D VR Training System for Supporting Volunteers on Adolescents' Illegal Drug Use

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Completed

• Conditions: Illicit Drugs
• Interventions: Other: SVVR training program

• Registration Number: NCT05072431
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan Normal University

Brief Summary

The purpose of that study was to apply the 3D virtual reality technology to develop a training program aiming at improving the abilities of problem solving, self-efficacy and teamwork of supervisory volunteers on adolescents' illegal drug use.

Detailed Description

Use of illegal drug among adolescents is one of the critical health problems in this age group. The purpose of that study was to apply the 3D virtual reality technology to develop a training program aiming at improving the abilities of problem solving, self-efficacy and teamwork of supervisory volunteers on adolescents' illegal drug use. This study used a randomized controlled design with recruiting 68 participants. The participants in the experimental group received the 3D VR training program and the counterparts in the control group did not receive any intervention. The participants in the experimental group performed better on problem solving, self-efficacy and teamwork. In addition, the scores of technology use related variables also supported that experimental participants favored the 3D VR training system. The findings suggested that the 3D VR training system enhanced the supporting volunteers' abilities to deal with adolescents' illegal drug use. The 3D VR program showed potential for future promotion to supporting volunteers that contribute to improve volunteers' abilities on dealing with adolescents' illegal drug use.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-26
• Study Completion: 2018-10-31
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• accompanies at least an adolescent with drug use to
• having less than 2 year of supporting experiences
• having experiences of using technology products
• able to operate SVVR.

Exclusion Criteria

• the volunteers who were suffering from cybersickness.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group	SVVR training program	The participants in the experimental group received the 3D VR training program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The task characteristics	about one month	Referenced related literatures (Goodhue, 1995) (Goodhue, 1995), developed 「The task technology characteristics」scale, a total of 3 questions, the task technology characteristics mainly understand the participants' experience in drug use students and related training, the higher scores indicated that participants are experienced in drug use students and related training.
Self-efficacy	about one month	Referenced related literatures (Schwarzer, Bäßler, Kwiatek, Schröder, \& Zhang, 1997)(Schwarzer, Bäẞler, Kwiatek, Schröder, \& Zhang,1997), developed「Self-efficacy」scale, a total of 6 questions, The Self-efficacy mainly understand the participants' confidence in counseling drug use students, the higher scores demonstrated the more confident participants were
Problem-solving skills	about one month	Referenced relevant literatures (Association of American Colleges \& Universities, 2009)(Association of American Colleges \& Universities, 2009), developed「Problem-solving skills」scale, a total of 6 questions, The problem-solving skills mainly understand the participants' problem-solving skills in drug use students , the higher scores indicated that participants have better abilities.
Team cooperation	about one month	Referenced relevant literatures (Hughes \& Jones, 2011)(Hughes \& Jones, 2011), developed「Team cooperation」scale, a total of 4 questions, The Team cooperation mainly understand the participants' Team cooperation abilities in drug use students , the higher scores indicated that participants have better Team cooperation abilities.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan Normal University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan