Factors Related to Care Readiness for Persons with Dementia among Village Health Volunteers
ปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับความพร้อมในการดูแลผู้มีภาวะสมองเสื่อม ของอาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขประจำหมู่บ้าน
Keywords:
Care Readiness, Persons with Dementia, Village Health Volunteer(s)Abstract
Abstract
Village health volunteer is an essential resource in public health long-term care system for persons with dementia. This descriptive correlational research aimed to describe association between health volunteers’ care readiness and selected factors. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit 240 village health volunteers in Chonburi province. Data collection had been performed between November 2019 and January 2020. Research tool consist of questionnaires regarding the Health Perception, the Care Knowledge (KR-20 = .63), the Care Role Perception, the Care Attitude, the Care Role Support, and the Care Readiness (Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were .92 .72 .93 .97 respectively). Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation statistics were performed to analyze the data.
The results revealed that the care readiness persons with dementia of participants in overall was rated at a high level (M = 72.08, S.D. = 13.26, Madj = 3.60). When considering each aspect, it was found that all readiness aspects were rated at a high level; except for assessing health needs and establishing a database aspects were rated at a moderate level. Factors that positively correlated with the care readiness persons with dementia among participants were the care role perception (r = .669, p < .001), the care role support (r = .525, p <.001), the care attitude (r = .344, p < .001), the perceived health status (r = .173, p <.01), and the care knowledge (r = .170, p < .01). In conclusion, this study provided knowledge about the care readiness persons with dementia among village health volunteers.
These findings suggest that nurse and other health personnel should develop the program to promote the care readiness persons with dementia among village health volunteers through increasing the care role perception, the care role support, the care attitude, the perceived health status, and the care knowledge. Consequently, care readiness and care potential would be improved in order to enhance the quality of care for persons with dementia.
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