The Effect of a Comprehensive Dementia Education Program on Improving Attitudes Toward People Living With Dementia: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Attitudes Toward People Living with Dementia
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial focuses on Indonesian nursing students and examines the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) dementia education programs. The study addresses the following research questions:
- What is the current level of knowledge and awareness about dementia among participants before they engage in a VR dementia education program?
- What is the effect of a VR dementia education program on improving participants' attitudes, knowledge, and intention to help people living with dementia, and how satisfied are participants with the VR education program?
Participants will voluntarily join a 100-minute class session, with each participant attending only once. Participants are individually randomized into either the intervention group or the control group. The program is integrated into the faculty's dementia-related courses and includes several components: introduction, pre-program questionnaire, lecture, undesirable drama (unfriendly communication), undesirable VR experience, discussion, Lecture 1 (dementia overview), desirable VR experience, desirable drama, Lecture 2, N-impro, post-program questionnaire, and conclusion.
详细描述
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate a virtual reality (VR) dementia education program among nursing students in Indonesia. Participants will be nursing students enrolled in specific semesters and courses that have been selected for the implementation of this educational program. At Universitas Airlangga, the study will involve students in the fifth semester (third year). All prospective participants will be assigned new ID numbers to ensure confidentiality. This protocol has been reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga.
The VR dementia education program will be integrated into the Psychiatric Nursing course, which includes topics related to dementia care. Participants will be recruited during this course through in-class announcements. An overview of the study procedures will be provided, and detailed instructions will be given shortly before data collection begins. The research team will inform students about the study approximately one week in advance, and recruitment will take place via Google Forms. Students who agree to participate will receive their new ID numbers and details regarding the schedule and location of the program through class announcements three days before the intervention.
On the intervention day, participants will arrive at the designated location and sign the attendance list using their assigned IDs. The Principal Investigator (PI) will explain the study procedures and emphasize that participation is voluntary and that students may withdraw at any time without penalty. Students who choose not to participate will still receive standard dementia-related learning material through the university's e-learning platform, but they will not take part in the VR-based educational program. Students who agree to participate will provide informed consent and complete questionnaires before and after the intervention.
Eligible participants will be identified through the university's e-learning portal. Students registered in the selected courses for the 2025/2026 academic year will be screened at the beginning of the semester. All eligible students will receive comprehensive information about the study and an invitation to participate.
The research team will describe the study in person and distribute written information at the start of the course. The 2025/2026 course consists of four classes, each with approximately 50-60 students. All class will be randomly assigned to the intervention group. The intervention group will receive the comprehensive VR dementia education program, and the control group will receive standard dementia-related material via the e-learning platform. Both groups will complete pre- and post-intervention questionnaires. To evaluate long-term effects, follow-up data will be collected from both groups at the end of the course (expected February-March 2025).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Nursing students enrolled in the designated semester at Universitas Airlangga.
- •Students registered in the courses aligned with the implementation of the VR dementia education program.
排除标准
- •- Students who have prior experience with similar VR dementia education programs.
结局指标
主要结局
Attitudes Toward People Living with Dementia
时间窗: - Baseline (before the intervention, on the same day as the session) - Immediately after the intervention (within 0-60 minutes after the session ends) - Long-term follow-up at 3 months after the intervention
Participants' attitudes toward persons living with dementia (PLWD) will be assessed using the Attitudes Toward People with Dementia Scale, developed by Kim K and Kuroda K. (Kim K, Kuroda K. Factors related to attitudes toward people with dementia: Development of the Attitude Toward Dementia Scale and Dementia Knowledge Scale. Bulletin of Social Medicine. 2011; 28(1), 43-55). The original scale was published in Japanese, and a forward-backward translation process was conducted to produce the Indonesian version of the scale. The questionnaire consists of 14 items and is designed to assess participants' attitudes toward people with PLWD. The estimated time to complete the questionnaire is 3-5 minutes.
次要结局
- Knowledge of Dementia(- Baseline (before the intervention, on the same day as the session) - Immediately after the intervention (within 0-60 minutes after the session ends) - Long-term follow-up at 3 months after the intervention)
- Intention to Help Persons Living with Dementia (PLWD)(- Baseline (before the intervention, on the same day as the session) - Immediately after the intervention (within 0-60 minutes after the session ends) - Long-term follow-up at 3 months after the intervention)
- Ageist Attitudes Towards Older Adults(- Baseline (before the intervention, on the same day as the session) - Immediately after the intervention (within 0-60 minutes after the session ends) - Long-term follow-up at 3 months after the intervention)
研究者
Dianis Wulan Sari
Principal Investigator
Universitas Airlangga