Interactive Virtual Occupational Safety Training Designed for Home Healthcare Workers

ConditionLearning

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorOhio State University

About this trial

Overview. The investigators will collect preliminary data on the extent to which the knowledge gained from the enhanced HH-VSTS transfers to a real-world environment. Following abbreviated use of the enhanced HH-VSTS, participants will perform a walk-through of a realistic environment to assess their learning.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

have no formal training in home safety, and

≥18 years old, and

able to read and write in English.

Disqualifiers

Participant in a prior study about home healthcare worker occupational safety training

Individuals who meet criteria for Pre-existing Conditions Related to Cybersickness (a set of 4 screening questions)

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

Home Healthcare Virtual Simulation Training System
Other intervention
Interactive Virtual Occupational Safety Training Software Program for Home Healthcare Workers and Agencies

Treatment groups

24 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: Pilot study of generalizability of the enhanced Home Healthcare Virtual Simulation Training SystemExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Learning transfer as measured by hazard identification

Number of hazards identified in the environment

Time frame

immediately after exposure to the intervention

Secondary outcomes

Hazard Response

Response consists of what participant would do about identified hazard and how they would talk with client/family about the hazard and how to address it. Hazard response will be defined using a coding scheme that we developed previously (REF). The coding scheme includes three response categories: (1) Optimal, which is an effective response without negative impact to either the home healthcare worker (HHW) or care recipient; (2) Mixed, defined as a response that can reduce the hazard, but can negatively impact either the HHW or the care recipient; and (3) Suboptimal, in which the hazard response is ineffective or inappropriate. REF: This is the publication we reference for this measurement: Wills CE, Polivka BJ, Darragh A, Lavender S, Sommerich C, Stredney D. "Making Do" decisions: How home healthcare personnel manage their exposure to home hazards. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2016;38(4):411-426

Time frame

immediately after exposure to the intervention

Sponsors and contacts

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Ohio State University

Lead sponsor

University of Kansas Medical Center

Collaborator

Virginia Commonwealth University