Dementia-friendly Community Training Using Virtual Reality Among College Nursing Students

NCT ID: NCT05604807

Last Updated: 2025-08-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-17

Study Completion Date

2023-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia course using virtual reality, world café teaching method and community practice on knowledge of dementia and dementia-friendly community, attitude toward dementia, and empathy toward people with dementia among nursing college students.

Detailed Description

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This two-group randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia course using virtual reality on knowledge of dementia and dementia-friendly community, attitude toward dementia, and empathy toward people with dementia among nursing college students.

The interventional group will receive the dementia course consists of dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice.

The control group will only receive the dementia course with intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice but no dementia virtual reality activity.

Both groups will be assessed for their dementia knowledge, attitudes, empathy and knowledge of dementia-friendly community at baseline, week 8, and week 18.

Conditions

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Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

two-group randomised controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Dementia course with virtual reality

Dementia course with virtual reality consists of dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dementia course with virtual reality

Intervention Type OTHER

dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice

Dementia course with no virtual reality

Dementia course with no virtual reality consists of intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice with no dementia virtual reality activity.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Dementia course with no virtual reality

Intervention Type OTHER

dementia course, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice

Interventions

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Dementia course with virtual reality

dementia virtual reality activity, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Dementia course with no virtual reality

dementia course, intergenerational learning, world café teaching method and community practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* college nursing students with age ranged from 19 to 40 years,
* Taiwanese nationality,
* Sophomore and above
* provide informed consent to participate in the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 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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Tzu Chi University

Hualien City, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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202107ES024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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