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.
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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