Effects of Empowerment Program on Perceived Empowerment and Care Behavior of the Elderly with Osteoarthritis for Community Massage Therapists
Keywords:
empowerment program, perceived empowerment, care behavior, elderly with osteoarthritis, community massage therapistsAbstract
This quasi-experimental research (one group pre-posttest design) aimed to examine the effects of empowerment program on perceived empowerment and care behaviors of elderly with osteoarthritis among community massage therapists. A sample of 24 community massage therapists was purposively selected at a health-promoting hospital, Muang District, Phitsanulok Province. The research instrument was the empowerment program guided by empowerment theory comprising 4 stages 1) discovering reality, 2) critical reflection, 3) taking charge, and 4) holding on. The sample received the empowerment program four times in eight weeks. Data was collected using three questionnaires: a general questionnaire, self-care ability, and caring behaviors of community massage therapists for elderly with osteoarthritis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and dependent t-test.
The results showed that after the empowerment program, the community massage therapists had statistically significant higher post-test mean scores on perceived empowerment (t=-.326, p-value < .05) and care behaviors of elderly with osteoarthritis (t=-.349, p<.05) than the pretest scores. This study indicated that the empowerment program might aid in developing guidelines for caring elderly with osteoarthritis and increasing their empowerment among community massage therapists. Future studies should be conducted on people performing traditional Thai massage in other provinces to increase the potential of traditional Thai massage groups.
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