Study on the Status Quo and Influencing Factors of Knowledge,Attitude and Practice of Pension Caregivers in Evaluating the Self-care Ability of the Elderly
Objective To understand thestatus quo and influencing factors of knowledge,attitude and practice of pension caregivers in evaluating the self-care ability of the elderly.Methods From May 1 to June 30,2023,295 pension caregivers in medical and nursing institutions in Mianyang City were selected as the research objects by stratified cluster sampling.The general data and the knowledge,attitude and practice questionnaire of pension caregivers in medical and nursing institutions were used to conduct a questionnaire survey on the self-care ability assessment of the elderly.Results The pension caregivers were mainly female(77.29%),aged 40-49 years old(35.25%).Univariate analysis showed that age,education level,years of working in elderly care,marital status,income,training experience,training frequency and self-care ability of the elderly were the influencing factors of the knowledge dimension score,attitude dimension score and practice dimension score of the pension caregivers'assessment of self-care ability of the elderly(P<0.05).The standard of knowledge,attitude and practice dimension of self-care ability assessment of the elderly by pension caregivers in medical and nursing institutions was(70.63±6.52)scores,(75.26±8.27)scores and(64.03±7.52)scores,respectively.Correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between the knowledge,attitude and practice of the elderly self-care ability assessment of pension caregivers in the medical and nursing institutions(P<0.05),and the correlation between the knowledge dimension and the attitude dimension was the strongest(r=0.315).The results of multivariate analysis showed that the years of working in the old-age care,whether there was relevant training experience,the frequency of professional training,and the attitude score were the influencing factors of the knowledge dimension score of the pension caregivers'assessment of the elderly's self-care ability(P<0.05);gender,education level,employment mode,years of working in elderly care and knowledge score were the influencing factors of the attitude score of pension caregivers on the assessment of self-care ability of the elderly(P<0.05);whether there was relevant training experience and the self-care ability of the elderly were the influencing factors of the self-care ability assessment practice score of pension caregivers(P<0.05).Conclusion The level of knowledge,attitude and practice of the elderly self-care ability assessment of pension caregivers in the medical and nursing institutions is at a medium level.The managers of nursing homes and civil affairs departments should pay attention to the clinical practice of self-care ability assessment of nursing home caregivers,make use of the resources of the medical consortium model,improve the training and education system of nursing home caregivers,improve the cognitive level of nursing home caregivers on the self-care ability of the elderly,and provide theoretical basis for nursing homes to carry out self-care activities for the elderly and improve the quality of care.
Pension caregiversThe elderlySelf-care ability assessmentKnowledge,attitude and practice