The results of the program to promote self-efficacy and social support in caring for bed-ridden elderly people in Thung Khlong Subdistrict, Kham Muang District, Kalasin Province.

Abstract

This study was quasi-experimental research with pre-post experimental measurements to study the results of a program that promoted self-efficacy and social support in caring for the elderly. Thirty homebound and bedridden caregivers of the elderly were purposively sampled. The research period lasted 8 weeks. Data were collected using questionnaires. The relationships within the family and social support for caring for the elderly in the family were measured. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including number, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Inferential statistical analysis was performed with Paired Sample t-tests at a statistical significance level of 0.05.

The research results found that after the experiment, the level of relationships within the family of caregivers of the elderly had a higher average than before the experiment, with a mean difference of 0.34 (95% CI = 0.16-0.52, p-value <0.01). Social support had a higher average than before the experiment, with a mean difference of 0.24 (95% CI = 0.43-2.72, p-value = 0.01). And caring for the elderly in the family had a higher average than before the experiment, with a mean difference of 0.47 (95% CI = 0.29-0.65, p-value <0.01). The study results demonstrated the effectiveness of the trial program implemented, which was able to promote important factors related to caring for the elderly in terms of family relationships, social support, and direct care of the elderly. There was concrete development in a better direction.