Dementia-friendly Community Training Using Virtual Reality Among College Nursing Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia
• Interventions: Other: Dementia course with virtual reality; Other: Dementia course with no virtual reality

• Registration Number: NCT05604807
• Lead Sponsor: Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia course using virtual reality, world café teaching method and community practice on knowledge of dementia and dementia-friendly community, attitude toward dementia, and empathy toward people with dementia among nursing college students.

Detailed Description

This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia course using virtual reality on knowledge of dementia and dementia-friendly community, attitude toward dementia, and empathy toward people with dementia among nursing college students.

The interventional group will receive the dementia course consists of dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice.

The control group will only receive the dementia course with intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice but no dementia virtual reality activity.

Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitudes, empathy and knowledge of dementia-friendly community at baseline, week 8, and week 18.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Study Start: 2022-09-17
• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-31
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-31
• Study Completion: 2023-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• college nursing students with age ranged from 19 to 40 years,
• Taiwanese nationality,
• Sophomore and above
• provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

college nursing students who do not meet the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dementia course with virtual reality	Dementia course with virtual reality	Dementia course with virtual reality consists of dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice
Dementia course with no virtual reality	Dementia course with no virtual reality	Dementia course with no virtual reality consists of intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice with no dementia virtual reality activity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ)	week 18	score of attitude toward people with dementia (19\~95) higher scores indicate more positive attitude towards dementia
Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)	week 18	score of empathy (20\~140) higher scores indicate more empathy for people with dementia
Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS)	week 18	score of knowledge about dementia (0\~50) higher scores indicate more knowledge about dementia

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dementia-friendly community questionnaire	week 18	score of knowledge on dementia-friendly community (0\~20) higher scores indicate more knowledge about dementia-friendly community

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology; 🇨🇳 Hualien City, Taiwan