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

Tzu Chi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Other: dementia course with no DDS; Other: DDS program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06040294

YLH-IRB-11210

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

dementia and disability simulation program (DDS)

Experimental group

Description:

DDS program consists of dementia virtual reality and disability simulation of activity design for seniors

Treatment:

Other: DDS program

dementia course with no DDS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Regular dementia course and group discussions of activity design for seniors with no DDS

Treatment:

Other: dementia course with no DDS