Outcome of self-efficacy enhancement program in family health leaders on knowledge and confidence in mental health care for the elderly affected by dementia
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2023.44Keywords:
family health leaders, elderly, mental health care, dementiaAbstract
This research aims to study and compare knowledge and confidence in providing mental health care for the elderly with dementia of family health leaders before and after participation on the self-efficacy enhancement program. This is a quasi-experimental research with one group pretest-posttest design. The samples were secondary school students of Wat Suttharam School, Bangkok, who had the elderly aged >70 years living in the same household. The elderly were grandparents, parents or relatives. There were 30 samples who were selected by purposive sampling. Research tools included modified program of Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura), program monitoring tool, and data collection forms. The program was implemented for 15 hours during three days. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, and paired t-test. The results showed that the samples of family health leaders had high level of knowledge in mental health care for the elderly suffering from dementia both before and after participating in the program. However, the level of knowledge after program participation was higher than the level of knowledge before program participation with statistical significance (p<0.05. The samples had average level of confidence in mental health care for the elderly affected by dementia before and after participating in the program. However, the level of confidence after program participation was higher than the level of confidence before program participation with statistical significance (p<0.05). Therefore, activities related to this program can be applied and replicated by relevant agencies in other areas.
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