Trial reportThe Gerontologist2024
A Dementia-Friendly Educational Program Using Virtual Reality for the General Public in Japan: A Randomized Controlled Trial for DRIVE.
Trial report in The Gerontologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Education Program for Enhancing Attitude Toward People Living With Dementia Among Healthcare Students Using Virtual Reality: Pilot Study
Scenario-Driven Virtual Reality Game for Dementia Education Among Healthcare Students: Protocol for a Four-Arm Study
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of Scenario-Driven Virtual Reality for Improving Nursing Students' Behavioral Responses Toward Older Adults With Dementia: Protocol for a 4-Arm Postintervention Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Effects of a Virtual Reality-Based Dementia Educational Program on Healthcare Staff in Geriatric Dementia Wards: A Pre-Post Comparative Study.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2025Article
- Education Program for Enhancing Health Care Students' Attitudes Toward People Living With Dementia: Protocol for a Single-Arm Pre-Post Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesRaising dementia awareness is essential for building a dementia-friendly community. However, existing studies have underexplored the effects of virtual reality (VR) dementia educational programs for the general public on enhancing positive attitude toward dementia. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a VR dementia-friendly educational program called the Drive for Dementia Readiness Inside Virtual Reality (DRIVE) program to improve attitude toward dementia of the general public. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsA two-arm randomized controlled trial was conducted. Eligibility criteria for participants included being 16 years and older in Japan and having no professional license in healthcare and social care. We randomized individuals to attend a multielement VR dementia-friendly educational program (intervention), including simulation, VR films, short films, lectures, and discussions or a lecture-based program (control). Data were collected 3 times, including at baseline, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up. The primary outcome was attitude toward dementia. The secondary outcomes were intention of helping behavior for people living with dementia and knowledge of dementia.
resultsWe recruited 157 community residents, among whom 130 were included in the analysis. Although the mean changes in attitude score were not significantly different between the groups (Hedge's g = 0.26), the intention of helping behavior score was significantly higher in the intervention group (g = 0.49). DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION: The DRIVE, a VR-based multielement dementia-friendly educational intervention, was shown as a promising tool for significantly affecting the intention of helping behavior for people living with dementia to establish dementia-friendly communities. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION NUMBER: UMIN000044901.
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