NCT05541575

Brief Summary

This study develop a new virtual reality course for home care workers to experience the view of dementia people with BPSD and the relative feelings. After the intervention, the experimental group would completed the several scales of attitude of care, competence of care and empathy, then the factor analysis and correlation analysis were measured. In the first stage, a single group pre and post test study was conducted to extract 10 home caregivers of dementia care from Hondao Senior Citizen's Welfare Foundation. In order to explore the VR course affect the attitude of care, competent of care and empathy towards the dementia people in community, and future career. In the second stage, this study use quasi experimental design. The experimental group (n=65) and the control group (n=65) each have a pre- and post-test design. The experimental group uses virtual reality courses for intervention experience, while the control group does not have intervention. After the two post-tests are completed, then provide the same immersive 3D VR experience as the experimental group. The measurement tools in this study used the Jefferson Empathy Scale (Chinese Version), The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Chinese Version), and three self-made scales focus on dementia care attitude scale, the dementia care competency scale and the virtual reality course experience scale.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

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

Enrollment
142

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2021

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 5, 2021

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 30, 2021

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 30, 2022

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 6, 2022

Completed
9 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 15, 2022

Completed
Last Updated

September 15, 2022

Status Verified

September 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

5 months

First QC Date

September 6, 2022

Last Update Submit

September 13, 2022

Conditions

EmpathyAttitudeCompetence

Keywords

home caregivers, careers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • Empathy Scale

    It contains 9 questions. There is no subscale. The score of range from 1-5.

    Change from Baseline, T1

  • Dementia care scale

    It contains 22 questions. There is 3 subscale. The score of range from 1-5.

    Change from Baseline, T1

  • Virtual reality course experience scale

    It contains 9 questions. There is 3 subscale. The score of range from 1-5.

    Experimental group need to completion 30 mins intervention, then participants fill the questionnaire.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Empathy Scale

    Through study completion, an average of 2 months(T2)

  • Dementia care scale

    Through study completion, an average of 2 months(T2)

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: offered 3 films of VR course of BPSD for 30 mins to each participants.

Other: VR films

No intervention

NO INTERVENTION

NO films of VR course of BPSD to any participants.

Interventions

VR filmsOTHER

A new virtual reality course for home care workers to experience the view of dementia people with BPSD and the relative feelings.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

Age20 Years - 75 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • is currently or has been serving as an in-home caregiver for a community-dwelling patient with dementia;
  • aged 20 years and above
  • conversant in Mandarin and Taiwanese
  • agreed to participate in this study

You may not qualify if:

  • age 19 years and below
  • disagreed to participate in this study.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Fooyin University

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (10)

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    PMID: 5921126BACKGROUND

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    PMID: 21401273BACKGROUND

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    PMID: 26519106BACKGROUND

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    PMID: 28691861BACKGROUND

  • Dyer E, Swartzlander BJ, Gugliucci MR. Using virtual reality in medical education to teach empathy. J Med Libr Assoc. 2018 Oct;106(4):498-500. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2018.518. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

    PMID: 30271295BACKGROUND

  • Shin D. Empathy and embodied experience in virtual environment: To what extent can virtual reality stimulate empathy and embodied experience? Comput Hum Behav. 2018;78:64-73. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.012

    BACKGROUND

  • Jutten LH, Mark RE, Maria Janssen BWJ, Rietsema J, Droes RM, Sitskoorn MM. Testing the effectivity of the mixed virtual reality training Into D'mentia for informal caregivers of people with dementia: protocol for a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 21;7(8):e015702. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015702.

    PMID: 28827242BACKGROUND

  • Jutten LH, Mark RE, Sitskoorn MM. Can the Mixed Virtual Reality Simulator Into D'mentia Enhance Empathy and Understanding and Decrease Burden in Informal Dementia Caregivers? Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2018 Dec 6;8(3):453-466. doi: 10.1159/000494660. eCollection 2018 Sep-Dec.

    PMID: 30631337BACKGROUND

  • Sari DW, Igarashi A, Takaoka M, Yamahana R, Noguchi-Watanabe M, Teramoto C, Yamamoto-Mitani N. Virtual reality program to develop dementia-friendly communities in Japan. Australas J Ageing. 2020 Sep;39(3):e352-e359. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12797. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

    PMID: 32483931BACKGROUND

  • Kim D. Development and Effect of Virtual Reality Practice Program for Improving Practical Competency of Caregivers Specializing in Dementia. Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Oct 18;9(10):1390. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9101390.

    PMID: 34683070BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Officials

  • Chia-Jung Hsieh, PhD

    National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
PhD, RN, Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 6, 2022

First Posted

September 15, 2022

Study Start

August 5, 2021

Primary Completion

December 30, 2021

Study Completion

June 30, 2022

Last Updated

September 15, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations

TW(1)