Emotional Care Competency Scale for Dementia: Development and Correlations With Knowledge, Attitudes, and Confidence
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Dementia Patients Care, Emotional. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Development of an Emotional Care Competency Scale for Dementia Among Long-Term Care Professionals and Its Relationship to Knowledge, Attitudes, and Confidence in Dementia Care
Overview
This study aims to develop an "Emotional Care Competency Scale for Dementia" targeting long-term care professionals and to explore the relationship between caregivers' emotional care competency and their knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in dementia care. A mixed-methods approach will be employed in two exploratory phases: Phase One: Scale Development Participants: Purposeful sampling will recruit experienced long-term care professionals. Method: Conduct qualitative interviews; analyze the collected data using content analysis to code and categorize information; draft the initial version of the Emotional Care Competency Scale for Dementia based on the results. Phase Two: Scale Validation and Relationship Analysis Objective: Validate the reliability and validity of the scale and examine the relationship between professionals' emotional care competency and their knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in dementia care. Design: Longitudinal descriptive correlational study. Participants: Convenience sampling to recruit participants for two rounds of questionnaire surveys. This study seeks to provide a comprehensive tool for assessing emotional care competencies among dementia care professionals and to understand how these competencies relate to their knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in delivering care.
Primary outcome measures
- Reliability and Validity Testing of the Dementia Emotional Care Competency Scale [Time frame: Baseline and 6monthes]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
\- Aged 18 years or older. Currently working in a setting that provides dementia care. Currently engaged in nursing or caregiving services in the long-term care sector.
Able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese. No history of mental illness.
Exclusion criteria
\- Under 18 years of age. Suffering from significant physical or psychological illnesses.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06773741 · 202401896B0