A predictive model of family healthcare worker’s work performance

Abstract

          The objectives of the study were to 1) study the self-efficacy, the outcome expectancy, and the work performance of family healthcare workers and 2) determine a model predicting the association between potential factors (i.e. self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and other demographic factors) and the family healthcare worker’s work performance. Data were collected from 990 family healthcare workers at Tubteelek subdistrict, Suphan Buri. Frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations were used to describe the data. Linear regression was performed to generate the predictive model. The self-efficacy and outcome expectancy of family healthcare workers were at middle levels (m = 3.15, s = 0.669,m = 3.32, s = 0.66) whereas the work performance of family healthcare workers were at high level (m = 1.51 ,s = 0.38). Linear regression analysis revealed the potential factors that significantly associated with family healthcare worker’ work performance were self-efficacy, outcome expectancy and gender (i.e. work performance = 0.66 + 0.19 (Outcome expectancy) + 0.12(Self-efficacy) - 0.08(Gender). To increase the work performance of family healthcare workers, strategies to enhance self-efficacy and outcome expectancy should be considered.