Online Training & Certification for Competency in Dementia Friendly Hospital Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 400
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- 32-Item Knowledge Gain Pre-Post Exam
研究概览
简要总结
This research study will evaluate the CARES Dementia-Friendly Hospitals online training and certification program for Allied Health Workers (nursing assistants, dietary aides, housekeeping employees, hospital transporters, lab/x-ray techs, and unit secretaries) who work in a hospital or medical center.
Participants who sign up for this study will complete two 1-hour assessments (on day 1 and day 45). Participants will be randomly assigned into either an "immediate group" (where Participants complete the online training as part of the research study) or a "control group" (where Participants receive access to the online training at the end of the study). The online training and certification will take Participants approximately 6 hours to complete.
To participate, Participants must be an allied health worker working at a hospital or medical center, have access to a computer/tablet/smart phone with Internet access, be comfortable reading and speaking in English, and age 21 or older.
Deadline to begin the study: January 31, 2020
详细描述
This randomized control trial (RCT) will evaluate the CARES Dementia-Friendly Hospitals online training and certification program. The study will allow up to 400 Allied Health Workers (nursing assistants, dietary aides, housekeeping employees, hospital transporters, lab/x-ray techs, and unit secretaries) to enroll as research participants from a minimum of 12 hospitals in three different states.
RESEARCH STUDY IMMEDIATE AND CONTROL GROUP STUDY REQUIREMENTS
Participants will be randomly assigned into the immediate training group a the control group.
Immediate training group participants will complete a consent form, an intake evaluation, and have one month to complete the training. At day 45, they will complete an a follow-up evaluation (identical to the intake evaluation).
Control group participants will complete a consent form and an intake evaluation. At day 45, they will complete an a follow-up evaluation (identical to the intake evaluation). Once the study is completed, each Control participant will be giving full access to the CARES Dementia-Friendly Hospitals online training program (at no cost).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participant is an allied health worker currently working in a hospital or medical center to participate in this study.
- •Participant has access to a computer/tablet/smart phone with access to the Internet.
- •Participant is comfortable reading and speaking in English.
- •Participant is age 21 or older.
排除标准
- •Participant is not an allied health worker currently working in a hospital or medical center to participate in this study.
- •Participant does not have access to a computer/tablet/smart phone with access to the Internet.
- •Participant is not comfortable reading and speaking in English.
- •Participant is not age 21 or older.
研究组 & 干预措施
Immediate
Immediate participants receive the intervention (online training and certification exam) during the study.
干预措施: CARES Dementia-Friendly Hospitals Online Training and Certification Program (Behavioral)
Control
Control participants do not receive the intervention (online training and certification exam) during the study. However, they do receive access to the intervention program (at no cost) at the conclusion of the study.
干预措施: CARES Dementia-Friendly Hospitals Online Training and Certification Program (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
32-Item Knowledge Gain Pre-Post Exam
时间窗: through study completion, an average of 45 days.
Investigator-developed Knowledge Exam
19-Item Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire
时间窗: through study completion, an average of 45 days.
Lintern, T., \& Woods, B. (1996). Approaches to dementia questionnaire. University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
20-Item Job Satisfaction Questionnaire
时间窗: through study completion, an average of 45 days.
Weiss, D. J., Dawis, R. V., \& England, G. W. (1967). Manual for the Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire. Minnesota studies in vocational rehabilitation.
26-Item Dementia Questionnaire
时间窗: through study completion, an average of 45 days.
McKenzie, G. L., Teri, L., Salazar, M. K., Farran, C. J., Beck, C., \& Paun, O. (2011). Relationship between system-level characteristics of assisted living facilities and the health and safety of unlicensed staff. AAOHN Journal, 59(4), 173-180.
17-Item Sense of Competence In Dementia Care Staff Questionnaire
时间窗: through study completion, an average of 45 days.
Schepers, A. K., Orrell, M., Shanahan, N., \& Spector, A. (2012). Sense of competence in dementia care staff (SCIDS) scale: development, reliability, and validity. International psychogeriatrics, 24(7), 1153-1162.
次要结局
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