NCT06040294

Dementia and Disability Simulation for College Nursing Students' Senior Activity Facilitation Skills

Evaluation of a Dementia and Disability Simulation Program for Senior Activity Facilitation Skills Among College Nursing Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tzu Chi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia and disability simulation (DDS) program on dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy, and activity design skills for seniors among college nursing students.

Detailed description

This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia and disability simulation program on dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy, and activity design skills for seniors among college nursing students. The interventional group will receive a 6-week dementia and disability simulation program of activity design for seniors. The control group will receive 6 weeks of regular dementia course and group discussion of activity design for seniors with no dementia and disability simulation. Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitude, empathy and activity design skills for seniors at baseline, week 12, and week 18.

Conditions

• Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	DDS program	dementia virtual reality and disability simulation of activity design for seniors
OTHER	dementia course with no DDS	Regular dementia course and group discussions of activity design for seniors with no DDS

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-07
• Primary completion: 2024-01-31
• Completion: 2024-07-31
• First posted: 2023-09-15
• Last updated: 2025-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan