Dementia and Disability Simulation for College Nursing Students' Senior Activity Facilitation Skills

Tzu Chi University50 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia and disability simulation (DDS) program on dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy, and activity design skills for seniors among college nursing students.

This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia and disability simulation program on dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy, and activity design skills for seniors among college nursing students. The interventional group will receive a 6-week dementia and disability simulation program of activity design for seniors. The control group will receive 6 weeks of regular dementia course and group discussion of activity design for seniors with no dementia and disability simulation. Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy and activity design skills for seniors at baseline, week 12, and week 18.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Dementia

Interventions

DDS programOTHER

dementia virtual reality and disability simulation of activity design for seniors

dementia course with no DDSOTHER

Regular dementia course and group discussions of activity design for seniors with no DDS

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * college nursing students with age ranged from 19 to 40 years, * Taiwanese nationality, * Sophomore and above * provide informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: -college nursing students who do not meet the inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

Tzu Chi University

Hualien City, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS)

score of knowledge about dementia (0\~50) higher scores indicate more knowledge about dementia

Time frame: Baseline, week 12, week 18

Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ)

score of attitude toward people with dementia (19\~95) higher scores indicate more positive attitude towards dementia

Time frame: Baseline, week 12, week 18

Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)

score of empathy (20\~140) higher scores indicate more empathy for people with dementia

Time frame: Baseline, week 12, week 18

Rubrics of activity design skills for seniors

score of activity design skills for seniors (0\~45) higher scores indicate better skills of designing activities for seniors

Time frame: Baseline, week 12, week 18

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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