Tokyo, Aug. 2 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000058656) titled 'Changes in Dementia Perceptions Among Social Welfare and Nursing Students Before and After a Lecture and Virtual Reality Experience' on July 31.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Cross-over
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - Active
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Shunan University
Condition:
Condition - First-year healthy adult students enrolled in the Department of Social Welfare and Nursing
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - To examine changes in perceptions and attitudes toward dementia among social welfare and nursing students through a crossover trials using both the virtual reality experience "A Walk Through Dementia" and conventional dementia lectures administered to the same participants. Additionally, the study seeks to scientifically compare the educational efficacy of VR materials versus conventional lectures to evaluate their utility.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - VR video viewing: Participants will view three dementia experience videos ("Walking Home," "At Home," "At the Supermarket") produced by Alzheimer's Research UK for 15-20 minutes using paper-based simple VR goggles (Omura Printing Co., Ltd.) and smartphones, followed by 1-month washout period.
Interventions/Control_2 - Lecture attendance: Participants will attend a 20-minute lecture using PowerPoint slides covering the fundamentals of dementia (definition, symptoms, progression) and the daily life challenges faced by older adults with dementia, followed by 1-month washout period.
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 18
years-old
=
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - First-year students in the Department of Welfare and Nursing
Key exclusion criteria - People who have experienced VR sickness or physical discomfort
Target Size - 40
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 07 Month 31 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 07 Month 31 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 07 Month 31 Day
Last follow-up date - 2029 Year 03 Month 31 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000067074
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