NCT05901662

Older Volunteers' Competence Training

Older Volunteers' Competence Training for Community-based Long-term Care Services

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 162 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the competence training program in improving the knowledge and skills of volunteer work, the motivation for volunteering, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with volunteer work among older volunteers.

Detailed description

A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effects of a 3-month comprehensive competence training program in improving the knowledge and skills of volunteer work, the motivation for volunteering, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with volunteer work among older volunteers. Using convenience sampling, 10 senior activity centers with 162 older volunteers were recruited and cluster-randomized to the intervention group (5 centers) or wait-list comparison group (5 centers). The intervention group received a 3-hour weekly course training session in four consecutive weeks and provided services to community-dwelling older adults for two months; the comparison group provided their routine services at senior activity centers. Data were collected at baseline, one month, and three months into the study.

Conditions

• Volunteers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Competence training program	A 3-hour weekly course training session in four consecutive weeks and provided services to community-dwelling older adults for two months.
OTHER	Control	This group provided their routine services at senior activity centers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-16
• Primary completion: 2023-12-08
• Completion: 2023-12-08
• First posted: 2023-06-13
• Last updated: 2023-12-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan