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NCT Number: NCT07248345

Virtual Reality Intervention for Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia

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

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Key information

Conditions

Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders

Age range

18 year–120 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

-

Treatment and study plan

Virtual Reality Intervention

Behavioral

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Caregiving Balance

    Time frame: 1st month follwing VR intervention

    The balance between competing needs will be assessed using the Caregiving Process of Finding a Balance Point scale

  2. Caregiving Balance

    Time frame: 3rd month follwing VR intervention

    The balance between competing needs will be assessed using the Caregiving Process of Finding a Balance Point scale

  3. Caregiving Balance

    Time frame: 6th month follwing VR intervention

    The balance between competing needs will be assessed using the Caregiving Process of Finding a Balance Point scale

  4. Caregiver role strain

    Time frame: 1st month following VR intervention

    Role strain will be measured by the 87-item Role Strain Scale from the Family Caregiving Inventory (FCI)

  5. Caregiver role strain

    Time frame: 3rd month following VR intervention

    Role strain will be measured by the 87-item Role Strain Scale from the Family Caregiving Inventory (FCI)

  6. Caregiver role strain

    Time frame: 6th month following VR intervention

    Role strain will be measured by the 87-item Role Strain Scale from the Family Caregiving Inventory (FCI)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Health Related Quality of Life

    Time frame: 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 ).

  2. Health Related Quality of Life

    Time frame: 3rd 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 ).

  3. Health Related Quality of Life

    Time frame: 6th 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 ).

  4. Depressive symptoms

    Time frame: 1st month following VR intervention

    The Chinese version of the 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D will assess depressive symptoms.

  5. Depressive symptoms

    Time frame: 3rd month following VR intervention

    The Chinese version of the 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D will assess depressive symptoms.

  6. Depressive symptoms

    Time frame: 6th month following VR intervention

    The Chinese version of the 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D will assess depressive symptoms.

  7. Caregiving Rewards

    Time frame: 1st month following VR intervention

    The FCI Rewards of Caregiving scale (Archbold, et al., 1990) will be used to assess positive outcomes of caregiving

  8. Caregiving Rewards

    Time frame: 3rd month following VR intervention

    The FCI Rewards of Caregiving scale (Archbold, et al., 1990) will be used to assess positive outcomes of caregiving

  9. Caregiving Rewards

    Time frame: 6th month following VR intervention

    The FCI Rewards of Caregiving scale (Archbold, et al., 1990) will be used to assess positive outcomes of caregiving

Other outcomes

  1. Caregiving demands

    Time frame: 1st month following VR intervention

    The FCI Caregiving Activities Scales (Archbold, et al., 1990) will measure caregiving demand.

  2. Caregiving demands

    Time frame: 3rd month following VR intervention

    The FCI Caregiving Activities Scales (Archbold, et al., 1990) will measure caregiving demand.

  3. Caregiving demands

    Time frame: 6th month following VR intervention

    The FCI Caregiving Activities Scales (Archbold, et al., 1990) will measure caregiving demand.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Yea-Ing Shyu, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+886978697460

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Nov 25, 2025
Registry last updated
Nov 25, 2025

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