Interactive Virtual Occupational Safety Training Designed for Home Healthcare Workers
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Home Healthcare Virtual Simulation Training System.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Learning. 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
- United States
- 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
Interactive Virtual Occupational Safety Training Designed With and for Ohio Home Healthcare Workers and Agencies
Overview
Overview. The investigators will collect preliminary data on the extent to which the knowledge gained from the enhanced HH-VSTS transfers to a real-world environment. Following abbreviated use of the enhanced HH-VSTS, participants will perform a walk-through of a realistic environment to assess their learning.
Detailed description
The pilot test will use a quasi-experimental design with between groups and within subjects features to evaluate the generalizability of the enhanced HH-VSTS to a home setting. Participants will complete one of the three training modules in the HH-VSTS and then perform an actual walk-through of a simulated home setting during which they will be asked to identify any hazard that they think they recognize. The simulated home setting is a furnished apartment in Atwell Hall that is used for training OT and PT students. The primary outcome is Learning Transfer, assessed by hazard identification. The secondary outcome is the hazard response.
Interventions
- Other Home Healthcare Virtual Simulation Training System
Interactive Virtual Occupational Safety Training Software Program for Home Healthcare Workers and Agencies
Primary outcome measures
- Learning transfer as measured by hazard identification [Time frame: immediately after exposure to the intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Hazard Response [Time frame: immediately after exposure to the intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- have no formal training in home safety, and
- ≥18 years old, and
- able to read and write in English.
Exclusion criteria
- Participant in a prior study about home healthcare worker occupational safety training
- Individuals who meet criteria for Pre-existing Conditions Related to Cybersickness (a set of 4 screening questions)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- The Ohio State University — Columbus
Publications
- Darragh AR, Lavender S, Polivka B, Sommerich CM, Wills CE, Hittle BA, Chen R, Stredney DL. Gaming Simulation as Health and Safety Training for Home Healthcare Workers. Clin Simul Nurs. 2016 Aug;12(8):328-335. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2016.03.006. No abstract available. PMID 27239244
- Polivka BJ, Anderson S, Lavender SA, Sommerich CM, Stredney DL, Wills CE, Darragh AR. Efficacy and Usability of a Virtual Simulation Training System for Health and Safety Hazards Encountered by Healthcare Workers. Games Health J. 2019 Apr;8(2):121-128. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2018.0068. Epub 2018 Sep 19. PMID 30234397
- Polivka BJ, Wills CE, Darragh A, Lavender S, Sommerich C, Stredney D. Environmental Health and Safety Hazards Experienced by Home Health Care Providers: A Room-by-Room Analysis. Workplace Health Saf. 2015 Nov;63(11):512-22; quiz 523. doi: 10.1177/2165079915595925. Epub 2015 Aug 12. PMID 26268486
- Czuba LR, Sommerich CM, Lavender SA. Ergonomic and safety risk factors in home health care: Exploration and assessment of alternative interventions. Work. 2012;42(3):341-53. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1433. PMID 22523032
- Wills CE, Polivka BJ, Darragh A, Lavender S, Sommerich C, Stredney D. "Making Do" Decisions: How Home Healthcare Personnel Manage Their Exposure to Home Hazards. West J Nurs Res. 2016 Apr;38(4):411-26. doi: 10.1177/0193945915618950. Epub 2015 Dec 14. PMID 26669605
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06974708 · 240315-036 · WSIC25-240315-036