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IMPACT OF THE BE EPIC: A PERSON-CENTERED COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION FOR HOME CARE WORKERS

The current study assessed the impact of Be EPIC, an innovative, evidence-informed and theoretically-grounded 6-week person-centered communication intervention for personal support workers (PSWs) caring for persons with dementia. Be EPIC focuses on [E]nvironment contexts for using [P]erson-centered...

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Autores principales: Savundranayagam, Marie Y, Williams, Kristine N, Basque, Shalane, Orange, J B, Kloseck, Marita, Schmall, Vicki, Johnson, Karen
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6846370/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2843
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author Savundranayagam, Marie Y
Williams, Kristine N
Basque, Shalane
Orange, J B
Kloseck, Marita
Schmall, Vicki
Johnson, Karen
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Williams, Kristine N
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description The current study assessed the impact of Be EPIC, an innovative, evidence-informed and theoretically-grounded 6-week person-centered communication intervention for personal support workers (PSWs) caring for persons with dementia. Be EPIC focuses on [E]nvironment contexts for using [P]erson-centered communication, while considering client relationships ([I] matter too), and [C]lients’ abilities, life history and preferences during routine care. A pre- post-Be EPIC comparative design included an intervention (n=13) and a 6-week waitlist control group (n=10) who completed the same communication-related questionnaire. A Two-Way Mixed ANOVA showed a significant group by time interaction for perceived communication skill (F(1, 21) = 4.67, p = .042, ηp2= .18). Simple main effects analysis showed that participants who completed Be EPIC reported feeling more confident in communicating with persons with dementia (Mpre = 13.46; SD = .76; Mpost = 16.31, SD = .85). There was no significant change in the control group. Similarly, there was a significant group by time interaction for perceived helpfulness of communication strategies (F(1, 21) = 6.23, p = .021, ηp2 = .23). Simple main effects analysis showed that participants who completed Be EPIC reported significant increases in the helpfulness of effective communication strategies (Mpre = 36.92; SD = 3.42; Mpost = 43.15, SD = 3.21), with no significant change among controls. Findings indicate that Be EPIC enhanced PSWs’ confidence in communicating with persons with dementia and enhanced their perception of the helpfulness of effective communication strategies.
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spelling pubmed-68463702019-11-18 IMPACT OF THE BE EPIC: A PERSON-CENTERED COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION FOR HOME CARE WORKERS Savundranayagam, Marie Y Williams, Kristine N Basque, Shalane Orange, J B Kloseck, Marita Schmall, Vicki Johnson, Karen Innov Aging Session 3560 (Paper) The current study assessed the impact of Be EPIC, an innovative, evidence-informed and theoretically-grounded 6-week person-centered communication intervention for personal support workers (PSWs) caring for persons with dementia. Be EPIC focuses on [E]nvironment contexts for using [P]erson-centered communication, while considering client relationships ([I] matter too), and [C]lients’ abilities, life history and preferences during routine care. A pre- post-Be EPIC comparative design included an intervention (n=13) and a 6-week waitlist control group (n=10) who completed the same communication-related questionnaire. A Two-Way Mixed ANOVA showed a significant group by time interaction for perceived communication skill (F(1, 21) = 4.67, p = .042, ηp2= .18). Simple main effects analysis showed that participants who completed Be EPIC reported feeling more confident in communicating with persons with dementia (Mpre = 13.46; SD = .76; Mpost = 16.31, SD = .85). There was no significant change in the control group. Similarly, there was a significant group by time interaction for perceived helpfulness of communication strategies (F(1, 21) = 6.23, p = .021, ηp2 = .23). Simple main effects analysis showed that participants who completed Be EPIC reported significant increases in the helpfulness of effective communication strategies (Mpre = 36.92; SD = 3.42; Mpost = 43.15, SD = 3.21), with no significant change among controls. Findings indicate that Be EPIC enhanced PSWs’ confidence in communicating with persons with dementia and enhanced their perception of the helpfulness of effective communication strategies. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6846370/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2843 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Schmall, Vicki
Johnson, Karen
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