Older Volunteers' Competence Training

Volunteers Clinical Trial

Official title:

Older Volunteers' Competence Training for Community-based Long-term Care Services

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05901662
• Other study ID #: KMUHIRB-E(I)-20220056
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 16, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 8, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Kaohsiung Medical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the competence training program in improving the knowledge and skills of volunteer work, the motivation for volunteering, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with volunteer work among older volunteers.

Description:

A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effects of a 3-month comprehensive competence training program in improving the knowledge and skills of volunteer work, the motivation for volunteering, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with volunteer work among older volunteers. Using convenience sampling, 10 senior activity centers with 162 older volunteers were recruited and cluster-randomized to the intervention group (5 centers) or wait-list comparison group (5 centers). The intervention group received a 3-hour weekly course training session in four consecutive weeks and provided services to community-dwelling older adults for two months; the comparison group provided their routine services at senior activity centers. Data were collected at baseline, one month, and three months into the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 162
• Est. completion date: December 8, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 8, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• older adults age = 65
• able to read and write in Chinese
• being a volunteer at the senior activity center for at least 1 month

Exclusion Criteria:

• illiterate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Volunteers

Intervention

Other:
• Competence training program
A 3-hour weekly course training session in four consecutive weeks and provided services to community-dwelling older adults for two months.
• Control
This group provided their routine services at senior activity centers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Kaohsiung Medical University	Kaohsiung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kaohsiung Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	knowledge and skills of volunteer work	measured by the Older Volunteer Competency Scale. It has 30 items with 3 sub-scales. Each item is measured by a 10-point Likert scale. The item scores represent the perceived improvement needed by the respondents with higher scores indicating more needed improvements.	3 months
Secondary	motivation for volunteering	measured by the Volunteer Functions Inventory. It contains 30 items in 6 sub-scales to assess volunteers' motivational functions. Each item is rated on a 7-point Likert scale. A higher score indicates a greater importance of that motive.	3 months
Secondary	self-efficacy	measured by the Volunteers' Self-efficacy Questionnaire. It contains 25 items measuring four dimensions. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. A higher score indicates better self-efficacy.	3 months
Secondary	satisfaction with volunteer work	measured by the Working Satisfaction Scale. It is comprised of 13 items assessing 3 dimensions. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. A higher score indicates higher satisfaction with volunteer work.	3 months