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A Care Empowerment Program Using Virtual Reality for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia

NCT ID: NCT05475002

Last Updated: 2025-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-08-01

Study Completion Date

2023-07-01

Brief Summary

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This study aims to evaluate a care empowerment program using virtual reality on dementia knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy in managing BPSD, empathy and caregiver burden of family caregivers of people with dementia.

Detailed Description

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The majority of patients with dementia live at home and cared by their families in Taiwan. Most of family caregivers have limited knowledge and care skills of dementia, therefore they experience great stress and caregiver burden which may have negative impact on their physical and mental health.

This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate a care empowerment program using virtual reality on dementia knowledge, attitude, care self-efficacy in managing BPSD, empathy and caregiver burden of family caregivers of people with dementia.

The intervention group will receive the Care Empowerment Program, which consists of dementia care e-books and virtual reality-based dementia activities, in addition to the routine dementia care manual and family support group.

The control group will only receive routine dementia care manual and family support group with no dementia virtual reality activity.

Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy in managing BPSD, empathy and caregiver burden at baseline, month 3, and 4.

Conditions

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Dementia Family Caregiver

Keywords

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family caregiver dementia virtual reality empowerment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

two-group randomised controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

care empowerment program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

care empowerment program

Intervention Type OTHER

dementia care e-books and dementia virtual reality activity in addition to the routine dementia care manual and family support group

Control group

routine family support

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Routine family support

Intervention Type OTHER

routine dementia care manual and family support group

Interventions

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care empowerment program

dementia care e-books and dementia virtual reality activity in addition to the routine dementia care manual and family support group

Intervention Type OTHER

Routine family support

routine dementia care manual and family support group

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age 20 to 90 years,
* Taiwanese nationality,
* have provided care for relatives with dementia or cognitive impairment for at least three months,
* have a mobile phone or tablet and regular access to the internet,
* provide informed consent to participate in the study.

* can not provide informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Tzu Chi University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Huei-Chuan Sung

Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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TCU dementia day center

Hualien City, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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YLH-IRB-11104

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id