Trial reportBMC public health2022
The effects of involvement in training and volunteering with families of people with dementia on the knowledge and attitudes of volunteers towards dementia.
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Partnership With the Community to Improve the Well-being of People With Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)/Early Dementia and Their Caregivers With Music Intervention: an Effectiveness-Implementation Cluster Randomized Clinical Hybrid Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effects of Exergaming on the Depressive Symptoms of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Active aging education: an effective tool for enhancing knowledge and attitudes of health volunteers: a clinical trial study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Trial
- A Home-Based Dyadic Music-with-Movement Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Design.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Trial
- Factors Associated With Dementia Worry Among Middle-Aged or Older Adults Living in a Japanese Community: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
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- Helping behaviours of community members towards older adults and the related factors: a cross-sectional study.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundVolunteers have been a valuable resource in supporting people with dementia and their caregivers in the community. However, factors such as misconceptions, negative attitudes towards dementia, and a lack of motivation might impact the quality of volunteer care. The present paper aims to examine the effect of training and service provision on the knowledge and attitudes of volunteers towards dementia and the association between knowledge and attitudes with the levels of motivation to volunteer.
methodsThe present study is part of an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial using a music-with-movement intervention to promote the well-being of people with dementia and their informal caregivers. Volunteers were recruited to receive training to support the delivery of the intervention. Training and enrichment workshops were offered to volunteers during the one-year project. Before and after their training and service, the recruited volunteers were asked to complete the following assessments: Dementia Attitudes Scale, and the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale. The levels of motivation to volunteer was measured with Volunteer Functions Inventory at baseline. Wilcoxon signed-rank test and multiple regression test were applied for statistical analyses.
resultsA total of 107 volunteers were recruited, and 81 of them completed a mean period of 47.32 weeks of training and service. Significant improvements in their total score on the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (p = .009) and Dementia Attitudes Scale (p < .001) were found. Dementia attitude (β = .57, p < .001) and knowledge (β = -.18, p = .038) were found to have the most significant association with the levels of motivation to be a volunteer at baseline.
conclusionsThe present study illustrated the importance of quality volunteer training and voluntary service in improving the dementia knowledge and attitudes of volunteers. It also shed light on the association between knowledge and attitudes with the levels of motivation to volunteer. Accordingly, future research and public health policymakers should address more efforts to amplify the advantage of volunteers as a vital asset in dementia care.
trial registrationNCT03575026 (ClinicalTrials.gov), First registration on 02/07/2018.
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