Performances of village health volunteers in elderly care in Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
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A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine an association between performance levels of Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) in elderly care and related factors. The performances referred to the levels of activities for the assigned roles and tasks related to elderly care which composed of three scales: Instrument Active Daily Living scale (IADL), Active Daily Living scale (ADL) and other home cares. A total of 415 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to VHVs in February, 2014. Chi-square tests and multiple logistic regression were employed to identify significant predictors of VHVs performances. Approximately 26 % of VHVs were classified into high performances in elderly care. When adjusting for working hours per day and having experience of taking care of the elderly, significant predictors were: number of trainings that VHVs participated in Adj OR=2.54, 95% CI=1.45-4.45), levels of knowledge (Adj OR=2.51, 95% CI= 0.94-6.75 for good level and Adj OR = 1.41, 95% CI = 0.56-3.57 for moderate level) and high satisfaction with working in elderly care (Adj OR: 2.10, 95% CI= 1.14-3.88). VHVs who had good knowledge about elderly care were nearly three times more likely to show high performances than those who had poor knowledge.The findings suggested that two significant key factors to gain high levels of VHVs’ performance in elderly care are providing a variety of refresher courses related to elderly care to increase knowledge and skills, and also improving the work place support system and incentives to promote satisfaction of VHVs
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Watanabe O, Chompikul J, Mongkolchati A, Pimpisan N. Performances of village health volunteers in elderly care in Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand. J Public Hlth Dev [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 24 [cited 2024 Dec. 12];12(2):3-15. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/AIHD-MU/article/view/21281
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