Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Social Acceptance; Respect; Disability Physical

Treatments: Behavioral: 3-day PLUS Convention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04993183

PLUS

Details and patient eligibility

About

To improve secondary school students' positive attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities via a Promoting an incLUsive Society towards older adults with physical disabilities through disability simulation education (PLUS) project.

Full description

A pretest-posttest and qualitative study design will be adopted. 1,000 junior secondary students will be recruited from six secondary schools in Hong Kong by convenience sampling to participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention. Changes in students' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities and satisfaction with life, and their satisfaction with the disability simulation experience will be assessed. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with students, facilitators, teachers, and older adults with physical disabilities to gain further feedback.

Enrollment: 1,111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. currently a secondary 1 to secondary 3 student
2. studying in a secondary school in Hong Kong
3. communicable in Cantonese
4. willing to attend all of the activities of the 3-day PLUS Convention

Exclusion criteria

1. have a physical or learning disability
2. diagnosed with a severe psychiatric illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,111 participants in 1 patient group

3-day PLUS Convention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention, comprising an inclusivity education workshop, service-learning seminar, disability simulation workshop, and two community contact sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 3-day PLUS Convention