The relationship of knowledge and attitude towards elderly care practice of elderly caregivers
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Background: The critical care of elderly focuses on preventing healthy older adults from becoming ill. Therefore, the organising care system for the elderly within a specific care group is an important force in the local community.
Objectives: 1) To study the relationship of knowledge and attitudes of caregivers to elderly care practice in Phon Ngam Sub-district administrative organization, Kamalasai District, Kalasin Province. 2) To compare the differences in knowledge, attitudes, and elderly care practice of the caregivers with educational levels.
Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study employing a group of 167 caregivers using structured interview. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and Independent t-test.
Results: Most of the elderly caregivers were village health volunteers who had incomes below 5,000 baht per month. The knowledge of elderly caring was poor, the attitude towards caring for the elderly was at a good level, the elderly care practice was very good. Knowledge and attitudes toward caring for the elderly were positively correlated with a low level of elderly care practice (r = .215, r = .213, p < .05) respectively. The comparison of knowledge, attitude and caring for the elderly by caregivers classified by educational level showed that both knowledge and attitude were statistically significant (p < .05) at level of primary and lower secondary school with an average score less than the level of higher secondary school.
Conclusions: Caregiver’s knowledge and attitude towards elderly care were related to elderly care practices. Therefore, the local authority and stakeholders should encourage and enhance caregiver knowledge to transform their attitude toward health care for the caregivers in order to achieve an improvement in practice for the effectiveness of sustainable care for the elderly.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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