Virtual Reality Intervention for Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia

A Machine Learning-enhanced Virtual Reality Intervention to Facilitate Balance Finding for Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07248345

Enrollment

Registered

2025-11-25

Start date

2026-06-01

Completion date

2028-07-31

Last updated

2025-11-25

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Conditions

Dementia

Keywords

family caregiver, dementia, virtual reality

Brief summary

This study explores the effects of a virtual reality intervention on family caregivers of persons living with dementia

Detailed description

Virtual interventions using VR scenarios related to competing demands for family caregivers of persons living with dementia that facilitate caregiving balance will be developed. Tts effects will be investigated by using a randomized controlled trial.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALvirtual reality intervention

virtual interventions using VR scenarios related to competing demands for family caregivers of PLWD

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 120 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

\- has the primary responsibility for providing direct care or supervising the care received by the PLWD, and is living with the PLWD.

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Caregiving Balance	1st month follwing VR intervention	The balance between competing needs will be assessed using the Caregiving Process of Finding a Balance Point scale
Caregiver role strain	1st month following VR intervention	Role strain will be measured by the 87-item Role Strain Scale from the Family Caregiving Inventory (FCI)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Health Related Quality of Life	1st month following VR intervention	Physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, vitality, general health, social functioning, role emotional, and mental health will be assessed with the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36 ).
Depressive symptoms	1st month following VR intervention	The Chinese version of the 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D will assess depressive symptoms.
Caregiving Rewards	1st month following VR intervention	The FCI Rewards of Caregiving scale (Archbold, et al., 1990) will be used to assess positive outcomes of caregiving

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Caregiving demands	1st month following VR intervention	The FCI Caregiving Activities Scales (Archbold, et al., 1990) will measure caregiving demand.

Contacts

Primary ContactYea-Ing Shyu, PhD

yeaing@mail.cgu.edu.tw+886978697460

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026