Older Volunteers' Competence Training

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Volunteers

Treatments: Other: Control; Other: Competence training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05901662

KMUHIRB-E(I)-20220056

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 162 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• older adults age ≥ 65
• able to read and write in Chinese
• being a volunteer at the senior activity center for at least 1 month

Exclusion criteria

• illiterate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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162 participants in 2 patient groups

Competence training program

Experimental group

Description:

This group received a 3-hour weekly course training session in four consecutive weeks and provided services to community-dwelling older adults for two months.

Treatment:

Other: Competence training program

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group provided their routine services at senior activity centers.

Treatment:

Other: Control