รูปแบบการพัฒนาศักยภาพผู้ดูแลในชุมชนเพื่อการดูแลผู้ป่วยสมองเสื่อมสูงอายุอย่างเพียงพอ เขตชุมชนเมือง จังหวัดขอนแก่น
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This action research aims to determine the development model of community care givers’ competency for sufficient care of the elderly with dementia in an urban area in Khon Kaen province. This study was divided into three phases as follows. Phase I: Situation analysis of taking care of the elderly with dementia. Phase II: Development of development model of the elderly care givers’ competency, with community participation. The samples included 376 elderly people from six medical centers, ten representative elderly people, five community leaders, five elderly care managers (CM), and six heads of medical center from each of the center. Phase III: Intervention of the development model and evaluation. The samples included care givers (CG) and the elderly with a total of 96 people, and 60 elderly people with dementia. The research tools included the group discussion form, the in-depth interview questionnaire. Data were analyzed and represented as frequency, percentage, mean, SD, Paired t-test statistic and analyzed for content. The results revealed that included receipt of knowledge or training regarding taking care of dementia elderly people, demands for supports and service for the dementia elderly from the government. The proposed suggestions were that all related sectors should take part in and prioritize problems of the elderly with dementia. Also, there should be care givers in a community and family as a key person for the right solution. Moreover, prioritization and proper taking care of the elderly also could improve their quality of life. According to phase III, post-model intervention, it was found that the comparison showed a statistical significant increase (p-value <0.001). Moreover, post-model intervention, it was found that the attitude was a statistical significant increase (p-value=0.036), when compared to pre-model intervention.
Language: Thai
Topic: Nursing care and research
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220566650