Disability PhysicalNCT04993183
Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities
A study testing 3-day PLUS Convention in people with Disability Physical and Social Acceptance, run by Chinese University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
Trial summary
To improve secondary school students' positive attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities via a Promoting an incLUsive Society towards older adults with physical disabilities through disability simulation education (PLUS) project. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Disability Physical, Social Acceptance, Respect
- What is being tested?
- 3-day PLUS Convention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,111 participants
- Where
- 1 siteHong Kong
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2022to 31 Mar 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 18 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- currently a secondary 1 to secondary 3 student
- studying in a secondary school in Hong Kong
- communicable in Cantonese
- willing to attend all of the activities of the 3-day PLUS Convention
Who cannot join
- have a physical or learning disability
- diagnosed with a severe psychiatric illness
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities Through Disability Simulation Education (PLUS)
To improve secondary school students' positive attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities via a Promoting an incLUsive Society towards older adults with physical disabilities through disability simulation education (PLUS) project.
Read the detailed description
A pretest-posttest and qualitative study design will be adopted. 1,000 junior secondary students will be recruited from six secondary schools in Hong Kong by convenience sampling to participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention. Changes in students' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities and satisfaction with life, and their satisfaction with the disability simulation experience will be assessed. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with students, facilitators, teachers, and older adults with physical disabilities to gain further feedback.
- Conditions
- Disability Physical, Social Acceptance, Respect
- Being tested
- 3-day PLUS Convention
- Keywords
- Physical disability, Social inclusion, Disability simulation, Education
- Medical subject headings
- Social Inclusion
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
3-day PLUS ConventionBehavioural
Participants will participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention, comprising an inclusivity education workshop, a service-learning seminar, a disability simulation workshop, and two community contact sessions which will consist of a 60-minute interview with an older adult with a physical disability and an outdoor experience. Discussion sessions will be facilitated throughout to consolidate learning.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| 3-day PLUS Convention | Experimental | Participants will participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention, comprising an inclusivity education workshop, service-learning seminar, disability simulation workshop, and two community contact sessions. Receives: Behavioral: 3-day PLUS Convention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in the participants' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities
The 47-item Students' Attitudes toward People with a Disability Scale will be used. It was developed locally in the Baseline Survey of Students' Attitudes towards People with a Disability, a study conducted by the Equal Opportunities Commission in Hong Kong. It encompasses four attitude sub-scales, namely social acceptance, behavioural misconceptions, pessimism-hopelessness, and optimism-human rights. Participants will rate their agreement with each item on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = "Strongly agree" - 4 = "Strongly disagree"). The four attitude sub-scale scores will then be converted along a scale between 1-100. A higher score will indicate a more positive attitude towards people with a disability. All sub-scales had Cronbach's Alpha scores ranging from 0.69 to 0.85, which support their respectable reliability.
Measured: Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)
Secondary outcomes (2)
Change in the participants' level of life satisfaction
The 5-item Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) will be adopted. Participants will rate their overall judgement of their life on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = "Strongly disagree" - 7 = "Strongly agree"). The total score ranges from 5 to 35 points, with a higher score indicating a higher satisfaction with life. The SWLS has a Cronbach's Alpha score of 0.87, supporting its internal consistency and reliability.
Measured: Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)
The participants' level of satisfaction with the disability simulation workshop
The 18-item Satisfaction with Disability Simulation Experience Scale (SDSES) will be used. Participants will rate their extent of agreement with the simulations using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = "Strongly disagree" - 5 = "Strongly agree") to indicate their satisfaction with them. A higher score will indicate higher satisfaction with the simulation experience. The survey will have one open-ended question asking students to provide additional comments about their simulation experience. The scale's internal consistency reliability is supported as its whole Cronbach's coefficient values ranged from 0.70 to 0.88.
Measured: Immediately after completion of the disability simulation workshop (within 1 day)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Aug 2021
- Study start1 Jan 2022
- Primary completion31 Dec 2023
- Study completion31 Mar 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Disability PhysicalStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Chinese University of Hong KongThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- All recruited participants will receive the intervention.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,111 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Suzanne HS Lo, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Investigators
- Suzanne Lo, Principal investigator, Chinese University of Hong Kong
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04993183
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PLUS
- Status last verified
- Apr 2024
- First submitted
- 21 Jul 2021
- Last updated
- 15 Apr 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study will be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 15 Apr 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Promoting an incLUsive Society Towards Older Adults With Physical Disabilities Through Disability Simulation Education (PLUS)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04993183
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PLUS
- Conditions
- Disability Physical, Social Acceptance, Respect
- Keywords
- Physical disability, Social inclusion, Disability simulation, Education
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,111 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong KongUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Mar 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Aug 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
To improve secondary school students' positive attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities via a Promoting an incLUsive Society towards older adults with physical disabilities through disability simulation education (PLUS) project.
Detailed description
A pretest-posttest and qualitative study design will be adopted. 1,000 junior secondary students will be recruited from six secondary schools in Hong Kong by convenience sampling to participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention. Changes in students' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities and satisfaction with life, and their satisfaction with the disability simulation experience will be assessed. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with students, facilitators, teachers, and older adults with physical disabilities to gain further feedback.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- All recruited participants will receive the intervention.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| 3-day PLUS Convention | Experimental | Behavioral: 3-day PLUS ConventionParticipants will participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention, comprising an inclusivity education workshop, service-learning seminar, disability simulation workshop, and two community contact sessions. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- currently a secondary 1 to secondary 3 student
- studying in a secondary school in Hong Kong
- communicable in Cantonese
- willing to attend all of the activities of the 3-day PLUS Convention
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- have a physical or learning disability
- diagnosed with a severe psychiatric illness
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| 3-day PLUS ConventionParticipants will participate in a 3-day PLUS Convention, comprising an inclusivity education workshop, a service-learning seminar, a disability simulation workshop, and two community contact sessions which will consist of a 60-minute interview with an older adult with a physical disability and an outdoor experience. Discussion sessions will be facilitated throughout to consolidate learning. | Behavioural | 3-day PLUS Convention |
Primary outcome
Change in the participants' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities
Time frame: Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)
The 47-item Students' Attitudes toward People with a Disability Scale will be used. It was developed locally in the Baseline Survey of Students' Attitudes towards People with a Disability, a study conducted by the Equal Opportunities Commission in Hong Kong. It encompasses four attitude sub-scales, namely social acceptance, behavioural misconceptions, pessimism-hopelessness, and optimism-human rights. Participants will rate their agreement with each item on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = "Strongly agree" - 4 = "Strongly disagree"). The four attitude sub-scale scores will then be converted along a scale between 1-100. A higher score will indicate a more positive attitude towards people with a disability. All sub-scales had Cronbach's Alpha scores ranging from 0.69 to 0.85, which support their respectable reliability.
2 secondary outcomes
Change in the participants' level of life satisfaction
Time frame: Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)
The participants' level of satisfaction with the disability simulation workshop
Time frame: Immediately after completion of the disability simulation workshop (within 1 day)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 15 Apr 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study will be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Suzanne Lo principal investigator
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing 3-day PLUS Convention in people with Disability Physical and Social Acceptance, run by Chinese University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Apr 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in the participants' attitudes towards older adults with physical disabilities (time frame: Change from baseline to immediately after completion of the intervention (2 months)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Apr 2024.