A Community Practice Program to Enhance Nursing Students' Career Motivation in Geriatric Nursing

NCT07689734 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HSEARS20230825003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 312
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The nursing students' community practice program is nested within the mHealth-based healthcare professional-lay health worker partnership program (mHLPP). This sub-project aims to equip undergraduate nursing students with the necessary skills and knowledge to care for underprivileged older adults.

Conditions

Undergraduate Nursing Students; Nursing Students

Keywords

Career Motivation; Underprivileged Older Adults; Nursing Students; Community Practicum

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Career motivation

  Career motivation will be assessed in phase one and two using the Situation Motivation Scale (SIMS) questionnaire.

  Phase 1: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 18 (T3), and week 30 (T4); Phase 2: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 24 (T3).

• Willingness to Work with Elderly People

  Willingness to choose a career in gerontological nursing will be primarily assessed in phase two using the Willingness to Work with Elderly People Scale (WEPS).

  Phase 2: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 24 (T3).

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Knowledge

  Phase 1: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 18 (T3), and week 30 (T4); Phase 2: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 24 (T3).

• Attitude towards elderly care

  Phase 1: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 18 (T3), and week 30 (T4); Phase 2: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 24 (T3).

• Empathy

  Phase 2: Baseline (T1), week 12 (T2), week 24 (T3).

Study Arms (3)

Phase 1: Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

A PERMA Model-Based Community Practice Program

Behavioral: A PERMA Model-Based Community Practice Program

Phase 1: Wait-list Control

OTHER

A wait-list comparator

Behavioral: Wait-list Comparator

Phase 2: Optimized Single-Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

A Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) Model Based Community Practicum Program

Behavioral: A COM-B Model Based Community Practicum Program

Interventions

A PERMA Model-Based Community Practice Program BEHAVIORAL

The 12-hour clinical practice program is guided by the Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishments (PERMA) framework. The intervention group undergoes an orientation, three practicum sessions, and a reflective session.

Phase 1: Intervention Group

Wait-list Comparator BEHAVIORAL

The wait-list control group will not receive any intervention for the first 3-month period.

Phase 1: Wait-list Control

A COM-B Model Based Community Practicum Program BEHAVIORAL

The participants receive a 80-hour Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) Model Based Community Practicum Program.

Phase 2: Optimized Single-Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• (1) being a full-time student in the first year of the nursing program; (2) being capable to communicate in Cantonese; (3) providing voluntary written informed consent to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• (1) having prior work experience in a dedicated aged care setting (e.g., as a nursing assistant in a nursing home); (2) having a planned absence during the intervention period that would cause them to miss more than two sessions of the program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Food Angel

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong

Location

Study Officials

• Arkers KC Wong, PhD

  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: The Interventional Study Model includes a PERMA Model Based Community Practicum Program for phase one and a Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) Model Based Community Practicum Program for phase two.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2026
• First Posted: July 8, 2026
• Study Start: May 14, 2024
• Primary Completion: October 30, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: July 8, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)