The Impact of Elderly Simulation Experience on Aging Knowledge, Attitudes, Empathy, Communication Skills and Learning Satisfaction for Facility Care- Workers in Long-term Care Institutions : An Action Research and Effectiveness Evaluation

Tzu Chi University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Education; Careworker

Treatments: Behavioral: Ageing Simulation Experience Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07160907

YLH-IRB-11418

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an aging simulation experience course in enhancing the aging knowledge, care attitudes, empathy, communication skills, and learning satisfaction of care service personnel working in residential long-term care institutions.

Full description

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an aging simulation experience course in improving aging knowledge, care attitudes, empathy, communication skills, and learning satisfaction among care workers in long-term care institutions. A total of 162 participants will be randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving an aging knowledge lecture, a hands-on aging simulation using aging suits, and a peer discussion session, or to a control group receiving only the lecture. Outcomes will be assessed before the intervention, and one and two months after. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses will be conducted to measure training effectiveness and inform future caregiver education programs.

Enrollment: 162 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be care workers currently employed at residential long-term care institutions in Eastern Taiwan, aged between 20 and 70 years. They must have at least one month of work experience in their current role, be literate, capable of completing written questionnaires, able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese, and willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals will be excluded if they do not meet the above inclusion criteria, decline to participate or withdraw consent during the study, or are physically unable to safely engage in the aging simulation activity due to health or mobility limitations.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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162 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive a comprehensive ageing simulation training program, which includes: (1) an ageing knowledge and empathy-focused lecture incorporating interactive videos and scenario-based video discussions; (2) an ageing simulation activity using the "PengZu Suit" to mimic physical decline across five caregiving scenarios; and (3) a peer group discussion facilitated by empathy-trained professionals. This intervention aims to enhance participants' ageing knowledge, care attitudes, empathy, communication skills, and learning satisfaction.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Ageing Simulation Experience Program

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive only the ageing knowledge lecture, which includes basic concepts of aging and empathy delivered through multimedia materials. They will not participate in the simulation activity or the peer discussion session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Ageing Simulation Experience Program