Effect of Education on Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of the Elderly caregiver in Nursing Homes of Mashhad City (Running title: Effect of education on elderly caregiver)
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HWCONF06_041
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 7 شهریور 1400
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Background: The population of the elderly taken care of at the nursing homes are increasing by the growth of the elderly’s population. Insufficient knowledge of the caretakers can affect the quality of their care from the elderly and result in poor performance. We aimed to evaluate the effect of education on knowledge, attitude, and performance of caretakers working at nursing homes.Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, a total of ۵۴ caretakers participated in Four-session classes and their knowledge, attitude, and performance towards the elderly were evaluated before, immediately after, and ۱ month after the education by a researcher-designed questionnaire using SPSS software version ۲۱.Results: The mean scores of the participants’ in attitude had no significant change knowledge scores at the three intervals, respectively (P=۰.۰۰۱) with a significant difference after the intervention compared with before (P<۰.۰۵). The performance scores at the three intervals, respectively (P<۰.۰۰۱) with a significant difference after the intervention compared with before (P<۰.۰۵).Conclusion: The significant improvement of knowledge and work performance of the elderly caretakers working at nursing homes shows the necessity of educating these individuals for better care from the elderly.
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Fatemeh Abbasi
Master in Geriatric nursing, Training supervisor at Hazrat Zahra hospital in fariman, Mashhad University of medical sciences, Khorasan Razavi – Iran
Fatemeh Vizeshfar
PhD of Nursing, Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz- Iran
Iran Jahanbin
Master in Community health Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz- Iran
Pyman Gafari
Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran