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- Title
Pflege von Profis lernen: Evaluierung eines Edukationsprogrammes für pflegende Angehörige.
- Authors
Löffler, Kerstin; Jerusalem, A.; Goldgruber, J.; Ziegl, A.; Weidinger, L.
- Abstract
Background: Caring for relatives is often associated with psychological and physical stress. Caregiving relatives usually slip into the role unprepared and they lack both the knowledge and skills to fulfil the associated tasks. Objective: This study tried to measure whether participation in a special educational program affects the trust in one's own ability to care, the quality of life and the stress perception of caring relatives. Material and methods: A total of 58 caring relatives were recruited to participate in the interventional study with a pre-post design. The intervention involves an 8‑month educational program, which was especially developed. The group was asked to answer validated questionnaires (ASKU, EQ-5D and HPS) at three time points (T1, T2, T3). Results: The results showed a significant influence of the educational program on self-efficacy (p = 0.0012) of the participants between T1 and T3. With respect to the subjective quality of life and the perception of stress no significant effects were shown. Conclusion: The results showed that the participation of family carers in the educational program has a different influence on the defined parameters. Not only the stable quality of life but also the short-term significant reduction in subjective stress perception directly after the training (T2) can be emphasized as positive indicators for the program.
- Subjects
BURDEN of care; SUBJECTIVE stress; QUALITY of life; EDUCATIONAL programs; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; CLINICAL trials; SELF-efficacy; CAREGIVERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2023, Vol 56, Issue 3, p215
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-022-02033-7