NCT03822286

Brief Summary

This study evaluate the effects of three-month dementia care e-training and mentoring support program on home-care workers using a two-group randomized controlled trial.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
140

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 2019

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 27, 2019

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 30, 2019

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 30, 2019

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 30, 2019

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 30, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

February 1, 2019

Status Verified

January 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

7 months

First QC Date

January 27, 2019

Last Update Submit

January 30, 2019

Conditions

Dementia

Keywords

home-care workere-trainingmentoring support

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

  • Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale

    To evaluate the staff care for knowledge of patients with dementia, range from 0-50, higher values represent the higher the care knowledge.

    6 month

  • Approach to Dementia Questionnaire

    To evaluate the staff care for Dementia care attitude, range from 19-95, higher values represent the more positive the attitude of the caregiver to dementia care.

    6 month

  • Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff scale

    To evaluate the staff care for demented patients, range from 16-68, higher values represent Staff have good care ability.

    6 month

  • Maslach Burnout Inventory

    To evaluate the Maslach Burnout Inventory,, range from 0-72, higher values represent a worse outcome.

    6 month

  • Taiwan Simple Work Stress Scale

    The main purpose is to measure the working pressure situation. The scale has a total of 38 questions, eight faces, each facing the score range of 0-100 points. The higher the score, the greater the work pressure.

    6 month

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

E-training course programs, counseling mentoring supports and support group gatherings meeting.

Other: e-training courseOther: Support group

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Traditional classroom teaching course programs.

Other: traditional classroom teaching course programs

Interventions

e-training courseOTHER

Home care staff received mainly self-study, you can download e-books on your lithography or personal mobile phone reading and learning, with lively animation, sound and video guide home staff Learn the knowledge of demented care. The e-book course sets out the themes of the eight demented care training courses.

Intervention
Support groupOTHER

A counseling master mix 8\~10 resident staff members, through the counselor to lead the symposium to the case home to implement technical guidance and through the set of social network groups to immediately discuss the care and solutions of dementia cases, and hold once a month in gathering, about 40\~60 minutes each time.

Intervention
traditional classroom teaching course programsOTHER

Home care staff received the traditional demented care traditional classroom teaching course and did not accept any e-training and gathering.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

Age20 Years - 65 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Qualified as a care worker for the elderly welfare law, and at least three months as a home servant,
  • Literacy
  • Can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese,
  • Caring for community clients with cognitive impairment or dementia
  • Willing to participate in the study and provide informed consent

You may not qualify if:

  • If it does not meet the conditions for receiving the case, it will not be included in the study.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

HsinFeng,Su

Hualien City, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

  • Su HF, Koo M, Lee WL, Sung HC, Lee RP, Liu WI. A dementia care training using mobile e-learning with mentoring support for home care workers: a controlled study. BMC Geriatr. 2021 Feb 16;21(1):126. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02075-3.

    PMID: 33593287DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Interventions

Self-Help Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesNeurocognitive DisordersMental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

OrganizationsHealth Care Economics and Organizations

Study Officials

  • HsinFeng SU, MSN

    Tzu Chi University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

HsinFeng SU, MSN

CONTACT

886980313695ss205@ems.tcu.edu.tw

Huei Chuan Sung, PhD

CONTACT

88638572158sung@tcust.edu.tw

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 27, 2019

First Posted

January 30, 2019

Study Start

January 30, 2019

Primary Completion

August 30, 2019

Study Completion

September 30, 2019

Last Updated

February 1, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Locations

TW(1)