NCT07244497

Dementia Communication Training Program for Novice Home Care Workers

Evaluation of a Dementia Communication Training Program Using a Real-time Interactive Virtual Trainer Among Novice Home Care Workers

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tzu Chi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of a dementia communication training program using a real-time interactive virtual trainer among novice home care workers.

Detailed description

This randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of a dementia communication training program using a real-time interactive virtual trainer on dementia knowledge, communication skills, empathy, and competence of managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) among novice home care workers. The virtual trainer (VT) group will receive the 8-week virtual trainer-based dementia communication training. The control group will receive the 8-week scenario-based discussions dementia communication training. Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, communication skills, empathy, and competence of managing BPSD at baseline, week 4, and week 18, and week 12.

Conditions

• Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	virtual trainer-based dementia communication training	8-week dementia communication training program using a real-time interactive virtual trainer
OTHER	scenario-based discussions dementia communication training	8-week dementia communication training program using scenario-based discussions

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-12-15
• Primary completion: 2026-07-31
• Completion: 2026-07-31
• First posted: 2025-11-24
• Last updated: 2025-12-02