Factors Predicting the Performing Roles of Care for Persons with Dependency among Care Assistants, Chachoengsao Province
Keywords:
care assistants, persons with dependency, performing roles of caring, Chachoengsao ProvinceAbstract
A care assistant is an important member of the community network regarding long-term care for dependent persons. This predictive correlational research aimed to describe the performing roles of caring for persons with dependency among care assistants and to determine factors predicting their roles. Multi-stage random sampling was used to recruit 292 care assistants who met the specified criteria in Chonburi province, Thailand. Data were collected between January and November 2022 using a self-reported questionnaire including performing roles of caring, access to information, motivation to perform the role, knowledge about care, and resources to perform the role (reliability coefficients 0.96, 0,897, 0.89, 0.70, and 0.80, respectively). Descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression statistics were performed to analyze the data.
The study revealed that the overall performing role of caring for persons with dependency among care assistants was rated high (M=15.45, SD=3.66, Madj=3.07). The access to information (β=0.359, p<.001), knowledge about care (β=0.267, p<.01), and motivation to perform the role (β=0.265, p<.001) could predict 41.7 % of the variance accounted (R2adj=.410, F=68.541, p<.05). As for the resource factors in practice, it was found that they could not predict the performance of the care assistant's role in caring for dependent people. These findings suggest that nurses and other health personnel who work in communities should develop programs that combine information access and support with improved knowledge about care and motivation in order to perform the role effectively.
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