The Effects of a Self-Efficacy Promoting Program Using Digital Media on Caregiving Preparedness and Role Strain among Caregivers of Intermediate-Care Patients
Keywords:
Intermediate-Care Patients, Self-efficacy, Promoting Program, Caregiving Preparedness, CaregiversAbstract
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of a self-efficacy promoting program by using digital media on caregiving preparedness and role strain among caregivers of intermediate- care patients. The samples consisted for 52 caregivers of intermediate-care patients, selected by inclusion criteria. They were equally assigned either into an experimental group or control group (26 per group). Whilst the subjects in the control group received standard care, those in the experimental group were undergoing a 3-week self-efficacy promoting program based on the conceptual framework of self-efficacy model. The data were collected between November 2023 and February 2024, inclusively. Data collection comprised demographic data as well as two questionnaires: one on readiness to provide care, and the other on caregiver’s role strain. Content validity index of those instruments was 1.0, and reliability yielded .94 and .97, respectively. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, chi-square, independent t-test and paired t-test. The results showed that:
1. After receiving the self-efficacy promoting program, the readiness to provide care of the experimental group increased significantly (p-value <.001), while the caregiver’s role strain decreased significantly (p-value <.001).
2. In addition, the experimental group’s readiness to provide care was significantly higher than that of the control group (p-value < .001), and a caregiver’s role strain was significantly lower than that of the control group (p-value < .001).
Therefore, this self-efficacy promoting program can be used caregivers of Intermediate care patients for enhanced readiness to provide care and reduce the caregiver’s role strain.
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