Dementia-friendly Community Training Using Virtual Reality Among College Nursing Students

Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Dementia

Treatments

Other: Dementia course with virtual reality

Other: Dementia course with no virtual reality

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05604807

202107ES024

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia course using virtual reality, world café teaching method and community practice on knowledge of dementia and dementia-friendly community, attitude toward dementia, and empathy toward people with dementia among nursing college students.

Full description

This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia course using virtual reality on knowledge of dementia and dementia-friendly community, attitude toward dementia, and empathy toward people with dementia among nursing college students.

The interventional group will receive the dementia course consists of dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice.

The control group will only receive the dementia course with intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice but no dementia virtual reality activity.

Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitudes, empathy and knowledge of dementia-friendly community at baseline, week 8, 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

50 participants in 2 patient groups

Dementia course with virtual reality

Experimental group

Description:

Dementia course with virtual reality consists of dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice

Treatment:

Other: Dementia course with virtual reality

Dementia course with no virtual reality

Active Comparator group

Description:

Dementia course with no virtual reality consists of intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice with no dementia virtual reality activity.

Treatment:

Other: Dementia course with no virtual reality