Effects of a dementia educational programme using virtual reality on nurses in an acute care hospital: A pre-post comparative study

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作者：

Wu, Jinyan ^{[1
]}

Igarashi, Ayumi ^{[1
]}

Suzuki, Haruno ^{[1
,2
]}

Matsumoto, Hiroshige ^{[3
]}

Kugai, Haruna ^{[4
]}

Takaoka, Manami ^{[1
]}

Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Gerontol Home Care & Long term Care Nursing, Div Hlth Sci & Nursing, Tokyo, Japan

[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Sch Nursing, Dept Physiol Nursing, San Francisco, CA USA

[3] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Community Hlth Nursing, Div Hlth Sci & Nursing, Tokyo, Japan

[4] Univ Tokyo, Global Nursing Res Ctr, Grad Sch Med, Tokyo, Japan

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING | 2024年 / 19卷 / 03期

关键词：

acute care hospital; attitude towards people living with dementia; confidence; dementia education; virtual reality; STAFF; ATTITUDES; SETTINGS; PEOPLE; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1111/opn.12616

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

BackgroundPoor awareness of dementia care by healthcare professionals affects the quality of care for people living with dementia in acute care settings.ObjectivesThis study examined the effectiveness of a virtual reality-based educational programme for dementia for nurses working in acute care hospitals in Japan.MethodsA dementia education programme for nurses was designed. The programme comprised short movies, virtual reality videos based on the short movies, a lecture, discussions and role-playing based on the experimental learning model. Virtual reality video content was created to promote empathy for people living with dementia through a first-person experience of dementia. The educational programme involved nurses working in an acute care hospital in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Before and after the programme, we employed structured questionnaires using validated instruments to assess participants' attitudes towards people living with dementia, their intentions of helping behaviour and their confidence in providing dementia care.ResultsSeventy-six nurses participated in and completed the pre- and post-tests. The mean age was 34.9 +/- 9.2 years, and 90.8% of the participants were female. A paired t-test showed significant before-after improvement in the participants' attitudes towards people living with dementia (41.9 +/- 5.1 vs. 44.5 +/- 4.8), intentions of helping behaviour towards people living with dementia (10.8 +/- 2.5 vs. 12.8 +/- 2.1) and confidence in providing dementia care (25.9 +/- 6.7 vs. 29.2 +/- 6.0).ConclusionThe programme effectively improved nurses' attitudes towards people living with dementia and confidence in providing dementia care in acute care settings. Future research is important to explore the long-term effects of this programme and its effects on actual dementia care.Implications for practiceThe dementia education programme may promote person-centred care in acute hospitals. Future studies should consider the provision of more flexible programs so that nurses can more easily participate in them.

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