Clinical trial NCT04445077: Education Program for Care Home Staff
Official title: Effects of a Competency-based Education Program on Care Home Staff's Sense of Competence Related to Dementia Care in Mainland China: A Mixed-methods Approach
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Keywords: dementia
long-term care
competency
education
staff
Lead sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-06-24
Enrollment: 144
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The competence of care home staff in dementia care is highly influential to the quality of care that adversely affects both people living with dementia and staff and in Mainland China where knowledge on dementia among care home staff was generally poor and this area is under-researched. This study aims at developing a competency-based culturally-sensitive education program on dementia care for care home staff through literature review, qualitative study. And then a quasi-experiment design without random assignment will be conducted to evaluate the effects of this program on care home staff's sense of competence, knowledge, attitudes, and care approach related to dementia care and staff satisfaction with the intervention. Focus group interviews will be conducted to understand participants' experience about the education program after the intervention. This study is expected to provide an effective way to improve care homes staff's competence in dementia care thereby improve the quality of care.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Care homes:

* having at least 10 people with dementia living in;
* with at least 10 care staff working for people with dementia;
* which do not have any educational activities for staff in dementia three months before the study and staff training plan during the whole study period;
* whose management level agrees to participate.

Care staff:

* working for people with dementia;
* speaking and reading Chinese;
* being willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* having any educational activities in dementia three months before the study;
* having a training plan during the whole study period.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change of sense of competence in dementia care
timeFrame: Sense of competence in dementia care changes from baseline to immediately after intervention (2 months).
measure: Change of Sense of competence in dementia care
timeFrame: Sense of competence in dementia care changes from immediately after intervention to three months after intervention.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change of knowledge on dementia
timeFrame: Knowledge on dementia changes from baseline to immediately after intervention (2 months).
measure: Change of knowledge on dementia
timeFrame: Knowledge on dementia changes from immediately after intervention to three months after intervention.
measure: Change of attitude towards dementia care
timeFrame: Attitude towards dementia care changes from baseline to immediately after intervention (2 months).
measure: Change of attitude towards dementia care
timeFrame: Attitude towards dementia care changes from immediately after intervention to three months after intervention.
measure: Change of person-centred care approach
timeFrame: Person-centred care approach changes from baseline to immediately after intervention (2 months).
measure: Change of person-centred care approach
timeFrame: Person-centred care approach changes from immediately after intervention to three months after intervention.
measure: Change of severity of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) of residents with dementia
timeFrame: Severity of BPSD of residents with dementia changes from baseline to immediately after intervention (2 months).
measure: Change of severity of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) of residents with dementia
timeFrame: Severity of BPSD of residents with dementia changes from immediately after intervention to three months after intervention.
measure: Care staff's satisfaction
timeFrame: Care staff's satisfaction will be measured immediately after the intervention in intervention group.
Other outcomes:
measure: Participants' experience about the intervention
timeFrame: Focus group interviews will be conducted within one week after the intervention.
Locations:
city: Nanjing
country: China
facility: 朗诗常青藤养老服务有限公司睿城站
state: Jiangsu
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