Online Education Intervention to Reduce Ageism Among Undergraduate Students

University of Mississippi, Oxford

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ageism

Treatments: Behavioral: Online educational intervention to enhance cultural competance; Behavioral: Online educational intervention to reduce ageism

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04570917

21x-046

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ageism is common is healthcare workers, and that results in negative outcomes for elderly patients. This randomized controlled trial is to determine if age bias could be changed by an online learning activity in undergraduate students in an entry-level nutrition class.

Full description

This randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms is to determine the effect of an online educational intervention developed to reduce ageism in undergraduate students enrolled in an entry-level Nutrition class. Eligible study participants will be randomized into either the "Intervention group" (INT) or the "Control group" (CON). The two groups will have different learning material delivered online via Blackboard (Learning Management System/LMS). These include a collection of short videos developed by the researchers, as well as relevant videos available on the web. Participants in the INT group will learn about aging and ageism, while the CON group will learn about diversity and cultural competence. Sociodemographic data, percieved risk of COVID-19, preventative behaviors related ot COVID-19 will be collected using a questionnaire at baseline. Ageism will be assessed using standard questionnaires. Data collection will be done at three time points: Pre-intervention, immediate post intervention and 2-weeks post-intervention. Difference between groups for pre-post intervention changes will be assessed.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Enrolled in 3 sections of the introductory level nutrition course taught by three different instructors.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group (INT)

Experimental group

Description:

An online learning module targeted to reduce ageism will be delivered to the INT group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online educational intervention to reduce ageism

Control group (CON)

Active Comparator group

Description:

An online learning module on diversity and cultural competence will be delivered to the CON group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online educational intervention to enhance cultural competance