The Effects of AR and VR Oral Care Training System on Oral Healthcare for Elderly in Eldercare Students

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: AR/VR oral care training system; Other: Traditional classroom teaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05958238

KMUHIRB-SV(I)-20230006

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an AR/VR oral care training system on the knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and behavioral intentions of students majoring in geriatric care.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial design will be employed, students randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control group. The experimental group will receive a total of two sessions of AR/VR oral care training, each lasting two hours, with the intervention taking place two weeks and four weeks after completing the pre-test questionnaire. The control group, on the other hand, will receive traditional oral care instruction for thirty minutes.

Each student collected the data by a self-administered questionnaire before and immediately after each intervention.

Linear regression in generalized estimating equations (GEE) compares the differences between both groups.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18-30 years
• Students majoring in geriatric care
• Fooyin University of Technology

Exclusion criteria

• Transfer student

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

AR/VR group

Experimental group

Description:

Students in EG recieved a 2-hour AR/VR training for elderly oral healthcare at 2-week and 4-week follow-ups.

Treatment:

Device: AR/VR oral care training system

Traditional teaching group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Students in the CG received thirty minutes oral care training class with same teaching content in AR/VR-based training system by well-trained oral hygienist.

Treatment:

Other: Traditional classroom teaching