Dementia and Disability Simulation for College Nursing Students' Senior Activity Facilitation Skills

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Dementia
• Interventions: Other: dementia course with no DDS; Other: DDS program

• Registration Number: NCT06040294
• Lead Sponsor: Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia and disability simulation (DDS) program on dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy, and activity design skills for seniors among college nursing students.

Detailed Description

This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia and disability simulation program on dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy, and activity design skills for seniors among college nursing students.

The interventional group will receive a 6-week dementia and disability simulation program of activity design for seniors.

The control group will receive 6 weeks of regular dementia course and group discussion of activity design for seniors with no dementia and disability simulation.

Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy and activity design skills for seniors at baseline, week 12, and week 18.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Study Start: 2023-09-07
• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-14
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-18
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-31
• Study Completion: 2024-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

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 no DDS	dementia course with no DDS	Regular dementia course and group discussions of activity design for seniors with no DDS
dementia and disability simulation program (DDS)	DDS program	DDS program consists of dementia virtual reality and disability simulation of activity design for seniors

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ)	Baseline, week 12, week 18	score of attitude toward people with dementia (19\~95) higher scores indicate more positive attitude towards dementia
Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)	Baseline, week 12, week 18	score of empathy (20\~140) higher scores indicate more empathy for people with dementia
Rubrics of activity design skills for seniors	Baseline, week 12, week 18	score of activity design skills for seniors (0\~45) higher scores indicate better skills of designing activities for seniors
Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS)	Baseline, week 12, week 18	score of knowledge about dementia (0\~50) higher scores indicate more knowledge about dementia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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