Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities

NCT04993183 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PLUS
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Disability Physical; Social Acceptance; Respect

Keywords

Physical disability; Social inclusion; Disability simulation; Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in the participants' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities

  The 47-item Students' Attitudes toward People with a Disability Scale will be used. It was developed locally in the Baseline Survey of Students' Attitudes towards People with a Disability, a study conducted by the Equal Opportunities Commission in Hong Kong. It encompasses four attitude sub-scales, namely social acceptance, behavioural misconceptions, pessimism-hopelessness, and optimism-human rights. Participants will rate their agreement with each item on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = "Strongly agree" - 4 = "Strongly disagree"). The four attitude sub-scale scores will then be converted along a scale between 1-100. A higher score will indicate a more positive attitude towards people with a disability. All sub-scales had Cronbach's Alpha scores ranging from 0.69 to 0.85, which support their respectable reliability.

  Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in the participants' level of life satisfaction

  Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)

• The participants' level of satisfaction with the disability simulation workshop

  Immediately after completion of the disability simulation workshop (within 1 day)

Study Arms (1)

3-day PLUS Convention

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: 3-day PLUS Convention

Interventions

3-day PLUS Convention BEHAVIORAL

Participants will participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention, comprising an inclusivity education workshop, a service-learning seminar, a disability simulation workshop, and two community contact sessions which will consist of a 60-minute interview with an older adult with a physical disability and an outdoor experience. Discussion sessions will be facilitated throughout to consolidate learning.

3-day PLUS Convention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• have a physical or learning disability
• diagnosed with a severe psychiatric illness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Secondary Schools

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Inclusion

Interventions

Congresses as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Organizations; Health Care Economics and Organizations

Study Officials

• Suzanne Lo

  Chinese University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: All recruited participants will receive the intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2021
• First Posted: August 6, 2021
• Study Start: January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2023
• Study Completion: March 31, 2024
• Last Updated: April 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study will be available from the corresponding author, on reasonable request, for six years upon completion of the study
• Access Criteria: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study will be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Locations

HK (1)