NCT04993183

Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities

Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities Through Disability Simulation Education (PLUS)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,111 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Detailed description

A pretest-posttest and qualitative study design will be adopted. 1,000 junior secondary students will be recruited from six secondary schools in Hong Kong by convenience sampling to participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention. Changes in students' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities and satisfaction with life, and their satisfaction with the disability simulation experience will be assessed. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with students, facilitators, teachers, and older adults with physical disabilities to gain further feedback.

Conditions

• Disability Physical
• Social Acceptance
• Respect

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	3-day PLUS Convention	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2024-03-31
• First posted: 2021-08-06
• Last updated: 2024-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong