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Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community

OBJECTIVE: This pilot study aimed to determine the proportions, level of knowledge, anxiety and confidence of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) who were involved in supporting the healthcare needs of older persons with long-term non-communicable diseases. DESIGN: The pilot study used a cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: Ang, Kim Wai, Koh, Yi Ling Eileen, Wang, Xue Fei, Yusoff, Azizah Mohd, Tan, Ai Meng, Poh, Xin Yi Cindy, Zhang, Ning, Tan, Ngiap Chuan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8961118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35351699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051877
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author Ang, Kim Wai
Koh, Yi Ling Eileen
Wang, Xue Fei
Yusoff, Azizah Mohd
Tan, Ai Meng
Poh, Xin Yi Cindy
Zhang, Ning
Tan, Ngiap Chuan
author_facet Ang, Kim Wai
Koh, Yi Ling Eileen
Wang, Xue Fei
Yusoff, Azizah Mohd
Tan, Ai Meng
Poh, Xin Yi Cindy
Zhang, Ning
Tan, Ngiap Chuan
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description OBJECTIVE: This pilot study aimed to determine the proportions, level of knowledge, anxiety and confidence of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) who were involved in supporting the healthcare needs of older persons with long-term non-communicable diseases. DESIGN: The pilot study used a cross-sectional and descriptive design. FDWs who accompanied the older adults attending a primary healthcare setting in Singapore. 100 eligible FDWs’ demographic data, knowledge and confidence level of caregiving in food preparation, medication supervision, exercise, blood pressure (BP), blood glucose (BG) monitoring and anxiety level assessed by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 scale were recorded. Descriptive statistics were performed and presented. Items on confidence were regrouped into two groups of ‘very’ versus ‘no/a little/moderate’. Knowledge scores and caregiving tasks were assessed with items on confidence using Mann-Whitney U test and χ(2) test, respectively. RESULTS: The FDWs were from Indonesia (60%), Philippines (23%) and Myanmar (14%). Their mean age was 33 years with an average of 5.8 years working experience; 62% self-reported previous caregiver training for elderly. The mean age of care-recipients was 81 years. Knowledge of FDWs on BP and BG monitoring was low (<50% answered correctly). Among the 55 FDWs who were required to perform BP monitoring, 45.5% lack confidence. Similarly, 40% of the 30 FDWs were not confident in performing BG monitoring. Those with very high confidence levels had higher knowledge on BP and BG monitoring. Of those who were involved in medication supervision (n=86), 36% lacked confidence. The majority of the FDWs (96%) were not affected by anxiety in managing these healthcare tasks for older persons. CONCLUSION: More than half of the FDWs supported healthcare needs of older persons but they had inadequate knowledge and lacked confidence in performing the healthcare-related tasks.
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spelling pubmed-89611182022-04-11 Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community Ang, Kim Wai Koh, Yi Ling Eileen Wang, Xue Fei Yusoff, Azizah Mohd Tan, Ai Meng Poh, Xin Yi Cindy Zhang, Ning Tan, Ngiap Chuan BMJ Open Geriatric Medicine OBJECTIVE: This pilot study aimed to determine the proportions, level of knowledge, anxiety and confidence of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) who were involved in supporting the healthcare needs of older persons with long-term non-communicable diseases. DESIGN: The pilot study used a cross-sectional and descriptive design. FDWs who accompanied the older adults attending a primary healthcare setting in Singapore. 100 eligible FDWs’ demographic data, knowledge and confidence level of caregiving in food preparation, medication supervision, exercise, blood pressure (BP), blood glucose (BG) monitoring and anxiety level assessed by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 scale were recorded. Descriptive statistics were performed and presented. Items on confidence were regrouped into two groups of ‘very’ versus ‘no/a little/moderate’. Knowledge scores and caregiving tasks were assessed with items on confidence using Mann-Whitney U test and χ(2) test, respectively. RESULTS: The FDWs were from Indonesia (60%), Philippines (23%) and Myanmar (14%). Their mean age was 33 years with an average of 5.8 years working experience; 62% self-reported previous caregiver training for elderly. The mean age of care-recipients was 81 years. Knowledge of FDWs on BP and BG monitoring was low (<50% answered correctly). Among the 55 FDWs who were required to perform BP monitoring, 45.5% lack confidence. Similarly, 40% of the 30 FDWs were not confident in performing BG monitoring. Those with very high confidence levels had higher knowledge on BP and BG monitoring. Of those who were involved in medication supervision (n=86), 36% lacked confidence. The majority of the FDWs (96%) were not affected by anxiety in managing these healthcare tasks for older persons. CONCLUSION: More than half of the FDWs supported healthcare needs of older persons but they had inadequate knowledge and lacked confidence in performing the healthcare-related tasks. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8961118/ /pubmed/35351699 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051877 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Ang, Kim Wai
Koh, Yi Ling Eileen
Wang, Xue Fei
Yusoff, Azizah Mohd
Tan, Ai Meng
Poh, Xin Yi Cindy
Zhang, Ning
Tan, Ngiap Chuan
Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
title Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
title_full Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
title_fullStr Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
title_full_unstemmed Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
title_short Pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
title_sort pilot cross-sectional study of foreign domestic workers supporting the basic healthcare needs of older persons in the community
topic Geriatric Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8961118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35351699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051877
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