Samsuddin Md Fadlisham, Karim Jalina, Salim Azizul Akram
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 31;12:571027. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.571027. eCollection 2021.
Stress level among the caregivers is often related to caregivers' lack of knowledge and skill to care for the patients. A health education program to the caregivers is one of the important elements in increasing the knowledge and skills in managing patients at home. The specific objectives of this study were to determine caregiver's stress level in managing post total knee replacement (TKR) patients pre and post of a health education program. A clinical intervention trial design was conducted in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) with a sample size of 32 caregivers. A validated Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) questionnaire was used to measure the stress level pre and post of the health education program on the management of patients post-TKR surgery which was adopted from Fresno Surgical Hospital in California. The findings showed that there was a significant difference between pre and post level of stress ( ≤ 0.001). This study revealed the positive outcome of the health education program. It reduced the stress level among the caregivers in caring for their relatives with post-TKR surgery.
护理人员的压力水平通常与他们缺乏照顾患者的知识和技能有关。对护理人员开展健康教育项目是提高在家照顾患者的知识和技能的重要因素之一。本研究的具体目标是确定健康教育项目前后护理人员在管理全膝关节置换术（TKR）后患者时的压力水平。在马来西亚理科大学医院（HUSM）进行了一项临床干预试验设计，样本量为32名护理人员。采用从加利福尼亚州弗雷斯诺外科医院采用的经过验证的Zarit负担访谈（ZBI）问卷来测量健康教育项目前后护理人员在TKR术后患者管理方面的压力水平。研究结果表明，压力水平前后存在显著差异（≤0.001）。本研究揭示了健康教育项目的积极成果。它降低了护理人员照顾TKR术后亲属时的压力水平。
