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Online Education Intervention to Reduce Ageism Among Undergraduate Students

NCT04570917 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2021-05-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ageism is common is healthcare workers, and that results in negative outcomes for elderly patients. This randomized controlled trial is to determine if age bias could be changed by an online learning activity in undergraduate students in an entry-level nutrition class.

Conditions

  • Ageism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online educational intervention to reduce ageism

Participants in this group will go over multiple short videos covering the following content:1). Myths about aging, 2). Ageism and its negative effects, 3). Distorted views about aging among young adults, 4). Ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 5). importance of reducing ageism among healthcare professionals. These will be multiple videos posted on the LMS (Blackboard). At the end of the lesson, they will be asked to briefly write what they learned on Blackboard as an assignment.

BEHAVIORAL

Online educational intervention to enhance cultural competance

Participants in the control group will go over multiple short videos covering the following content: 1). Myths about cultural competence, 2) Cultural competence for health care professionals including dietitians, 3). Connecting culture and food, and 4). Importance of cultural competence in sports dietitians. At the end of the lesson, they will be asked to briefly write what they learned. These will be multiple videos posted on the LMS (Blackboard). At the end of the lesson, they will be asked to briefly write what they learned on Blackboard as an assignment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Mississippi, Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nadeeja Wijayatunga, PhD · Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-28
Primary Completion
2020-11-11
Completion
2020-11-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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