A Care Empowerment Program Using Virtual Reality for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia Family Caregiver
• Interventions: Other: care empowerment program; Other: dementia education

• Registration Number: NCT05475002
• Lead Sponsor: Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate a care empowerment program using virtual reality on dementia knowledge, attitude, care self-efficacy, empathy and caregiver burden of family caregivers of people with dementia.

Detailed Description

The majority of patients with dementia live at home and cared by their families in Taiwan. Most of family caregivers have limited knowledge and care skills of dementia, therefore they experience great stress and caregiver burden which may have negative impact on their physical and mental health.

This two-group cluster randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate a care empowerment program using virtual reality on dementia knowledge, attitude, care self-efficacy, empathy and caregiver burden of family caregivers of people with dementia.

The family care empowerment program consists of dementia care e-books, dementia virtual reality activity and family support group.

The interventional group will receive the care empowerment program using dementia care e-books, dementia virtual reality activity and family support group.

The control group will only receive dementia education manual and family support group with no dementia virtual reality activity.

Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitudes, care self-efficacy, empathy and caregiver burden at baseline, month 3, and 4.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-26
• Study Start: 2022-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-01
• Study Completion: 2023-07-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 91

Inclusion Criteria

• age 20 to 90 years,
• Taiwanese nationality,
• have provided care for relatives with dementia or cognitive impairment for at least three months,
• able to read Chinese and communicate in Chinese or Taiwanese,
• have a mobile phone or tablet and regular access to the internet,
• provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• family members who do not meet the inclusion criteria,
• can not provide informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	care empowerment program	care empowerment program
Control group	dementia education	dementia education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS)	month 4	score of knowledge about dementia
Agitation Management Self-efficacy Scale	month 4	score of self-efficacy for managing agitation of people with dementia
Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ)	month 4	score of attitude toward people with dementia
Revised Interpersonal Reactivity Index (R-IRI)	month 4	empathy toward people with dementia

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI)	month 4	score of caregiver burden for caring for people with dementia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

TCUST dementia day center; 🇨🇳 Hualien City, Taiwan