Dementia Communication Training Program for Novice Home Care Workers
ConditionDementia
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age20-65
SponsorTzu Chi University
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Novice home care workers who had been employed in home care agencies for less than one year.
ages ranging from 20 to 65 years,
completed care worker training program
Had not previously received any virtual trainer training.
Disqualifiers
home care workers who do not meet the inclusion criteria
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
virtual trainer-based dementia communication training
Other intervention8-week dementia communication training program using a real-time interactive virtual trainer
scenario-based discussions dementia communication training
Other intervention8-week dementia communication training program using scenario-based discussions
Treatment groups
102 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: virtual trainer-based dementia communication trainingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: scenario-based discussions dementia communication trainingActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale
Dementia Knowledge, total score ranges from 0 to 50, with higher scores indicating a higher level of knowledge.
Time frame
baseline, week 4, week 8, week 122
Caregiver Communication Competence Scale
communication skills, total score ranges from 14 to 56, with higher scores indicating stronger communication skills.
Time frame
baseline, week 4, week 8, week 12Secondary outcomes
1
Jefferson Scale of Empathy
empathy, total score ranges from 20 to 140, with higher scores indicating a more positive level of empathy.
Time frame
baseline, week 4, week 8, week 122
Competence Scale in Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Competence in Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, the total score ranges from 28 to 140, with higher scores indicating better ability to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
Time frame
baseline, week 4, week 8, week 12Locations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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