Effects of The Empowerment Program on Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Caregivers in Caring for Dependent Older Adults
Keywords:
knowledge attitude and skills, empowerment, elderly caregivers, dependent elderlyAbstract
The research is quasi experimental two groups were measured before and after. The purpose of this study was to study the effects of the elderly caregiver’s empowerment program on knowledge, attitude, and skills in caring for the dependent elderly. The sample was 34 elderly caregivers and was divided into experimental and control groups, 17 people each by cluster area random sampling. The experimental group received the 12-week program. The tools used for data collection were 1) Empowerment Program through content validity verification from 5 experts, 2) questionnaires on knowledge, attitudes and skills in caring for the dependent elderly. Confidence of Knowledge and Skills Couder Richardson formula was used = .95 and .73. Attitude was used Cronbach’s alpha coefficient formula = .79 . The data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics Wilcoxon Sign Rank test and the Man-Whitney U test. The results of the study found that the experimental group had the mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and skills in caring for dependent elderly people after the experiment than before the experiment and higher than the control group statistically significant level of p<.05 . The recommendations should encourage primary care and related agencies to implement empowerment programs to promote and develop knowledge, attitudes, and skills in caring for dependent elderly people The subsequent studies should explore the effectiveness of caring for the elderly who were cared for by the elderly caregivers who underwent the development of an empowerment program.
References
Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Department of Older Persons. Measures to drive the national agenda about aging society (revised version). Bangkok: Amarin Printing and Publishing; 2019. (in Thai).
Kalasin Provincial Public Health Office. Information on the elderly in 2020. Kalasin: Kalasin Provincial Public Health Office; 2020. (in Thai).
Ban Non Phang Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Editor. Summary of Long Term Care Health Fund Operations at Ban Non Phang Health Promoting Hospital Lampan Subdistrict Mueang District Kalasan Province. Kalasin. Meeting to monitor the implementation of the Long Term Care Health Fund in the area of Lampan Municipality; 2021 Jan 9; Lampan Subdistrict Municipality Meeting Room Kalasin: Ban Non Phang Health Promoting Hospital; 2021. (in Thai).
Kitteerawutwong K., Kitteerawutwong N. Direction of the development of long-term caregivers in the community. Journal of Nursing and Health Care. 2018;36(4):15–24. (in Thai).
Artsanthia J., Kampraw P. A model of care for the elderly in the community. Journal of Army Nursing. 2014;15(3):123–7. (in Thai).
National Health Security Office. Handbook of long-term care system in public health for dependent elderly in the area (Long Term Care) in the National Health Security System. 1sted. Bangkok: Security Office; 2016. (in Thai).
Lampan Municipality. Summary of the performance of the elderly in 2021. Kalasin: Lampan Municipality; 2021. (in Thai).
Suanruang P., Wannasri A., Srithamrongsawat S. Caring for dependent elderly people in the community under the policy to develop a long-term care system Public health for the elderly with dependent conditions. Journal of Nursing, Ministry of Public Health. 2018; 12(3):437–51. (in Thai).
Chansukon E., Kongpracha A. Effects of Empowerment Program on Self- Care Behavior of the elderly in the community. Science and Technology Journal. 2017;2(1):24–34. (in Thai).
Gibson CH. The process of empowerment in mothers of chronically ill children. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1995;21:1201–10.
Silanoi D. Methodology for determining sample size for quantitative research (survey and experimental). Bangkok; 2015. (in Thai).
Ucharattana P., Pansakd W., Posre C. Effects of an empowerment program on the development of self-care potential among the elderly in the community. Journal of Army Nursing. 2014; 15(2):216–24. (in Thai).
Dokhom P., Chaiyawong T., Chaiyawong S. The effectiveness of a self-efficacy awareness promotion program on knowledge attitudes and caring practices of the dependent elderly among village health volunteers Chun District Phayao Province. Phayao Province. Lanna Public Health Journal. 2019;18(1):57–67. (in Thai).
Roawroojen S. The development of a health care model for the elderly for elderly caregivers Warin Chamrap District Ubon Ratchathani Province. Journal of Narathiwan Rajanagarindra University. 2017;9(3):57–69. (in Thai).
Thipsangwan K., Sribenjama N., Laemlak P. Results of the program to develop the competency of volunteers taking care of the elderly in the community. Humanities and Social Sciences Journal graduate school Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University 2018;12(1):275–8. (in Thai).
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of The Royal Thai Army Nurses
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
บทความหรือข้อคิดเห็นใดใดที่ปรากฏในวารสารพยาบาลทหารบกเป็นวรรณกรรมของผู้เขียน ซึ่งบรรณาธิการหรือสมาคมพยาบาลทหารบก ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย
บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารพยาบาลทหารบก
The ideas and opinions expressed in the Journal of The Royal Thai Army Nurses are those of the authors and not necessarily those
of the editor or Royal Thai Army Nurses Association.
