From the Classroom to the Rural Community: Engaging Nursing College Students to Create a Dementia-friendly Community Using Virtual Reality and World café Teaching Strategies
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Tzu Chi University
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ)
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 19 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ)
Time Frame: week 18
score of attitude toward people with dementia (19\~95) higher scores indicate more positive attitude towards dementia
Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)
Time Frame: week 18
score of empathy (20\~140) higher scores indicate more empathy for people with dementia
Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS)
Time Frame: week 18
score of knowledge about dementia (0\~50) higher scores indicate more knowledge about dementia
Secondary Outcomes
- Dementia-friendly community questionnaire(week 18)
Investigators
Huei-Chuan Sung
Associate professor
Tzu Chi University