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Investigating the effect of the training program on nurses' perceived stress of dementia patients and its relationship with care burnout in Baqiyatullah Hospital
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Fakhri Allahyari    , Esmat Davoudi-Monfared * , Shokofeh Radfar , Mehdi Madaberanjad |
| 2. MD, Health Management Research Center, Department of community medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. |
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Abstract: (332 Views) |
Background and Objective: Caring for the vulnerable elderly is the most important issues for primary health care providers. The aim of present study is to investigate the effect of training program on perceived stress of dementia patient’s caregivers and its relationship with their care burnout in Baqiyatullah Hospital.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental. The sample size of 100 nurses (50 intervention people, 50 control people) has been studied. The current research was conducted in two stages: 1. Pre-test stage, 2. Post-test stage. In the pre-test stage, the research questionnaires were completed. Then, the dementia training program in the experimental group was carried out in face to face and in pamphlet forms. The post-test included completing the mentioned questionnaires again by the subjects. And after collecting the data, SPSS software version 23 was used to analyze them.
Findings: There were 100 people in the research sample, 55 were women and 45 were men. The results showed that in the post-test phase and after receiving training by the intervention group, there was a significant decrease in the average care pressure of the nurse, the pressure of caring for the elderly patient and the perceived stress in the intervention group (P<0.001) compared to The control group. There was a significant relationship between the care burnout of the nurse and perceived job stress variable with Pearson coefficient (0.298) and the significant level (P>0.001) and also between the care burnout of the elderly patient and perceived job stress with the coefficient Pearson (0.308) and significant level (P>0.001).
Conclusion: The training program for dementia caregivers has an effect on reducing the caregivers' burnout and their job stress, and there is a significant relationship between the caregiving burnout and perceived job stress, but there are other factors that can affect the perceived stress. |
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| Keywords: Training program, Caregiver, Burnout, dementia, job stress |
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Received: 2025/01/21 | Accepted: 2025/03/1 | Published: 2024/04/3
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