Older Volunteers' Competence Training for Community-based Long-term Care Services
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 162
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- knowledge and skills of volunteer work
研究概览
简要总结
This project was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the competence training program in improving the knowledge and skills of volunteer work, the motivation for volunteering, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with volunteer work among older volunteers.
详细描述
A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effects of a 3-month comprehensive competence training program in improving the knowledge and skills of volunteer work, the motivation for volunteering, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with volunteer work among older volunteers. Using convenience sampling, 10 senior activity centers with 162 older volunteers were recruited and cluster-randomized to the intervention group (5 centers) or wait-list comparison group (5 centers). The intervention group received a 3-hour weekly course training session in four consecutive weeks and provided services to community-dwelling older adults for two months; the comparison group provided their routine services at senior activity centers. Data were collected at baseline, one month, and three months into the study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 100 Years（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •older adults age ≥ 65
- •able to read and write in Chinese
- •being a volunteer at the senior activity center for at least 1 month
排除标准
- •illiterate
结局指标
主要结局
knowledge and skills of volunteer work
时间窗: 3 months
measured by the Older Volunteer Competency Scale. It has 30 items with 3 sub-scales. Each item is measured by a 10-point Likert scale. The item scores represent the perceived improvement needed by the respondents with higher scores indicating more needed improvements.
次要结局
- motivation for volunteering(3 months)
- self-efficacy(3 months)
- satisfaction with volunteer work(3 months)
研究者
Kuei-Min Chen, Ph.D., RN.
Professor
Kaohsiung Medical University