Wong Sio Mui, Zeng Wen, Lo Iek Long, Leong Iek Hou, Lou Hong Lei
Health Bureau, the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao, China.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2024 Jan-Dec;39:15333175241237027. doi: 10.1177/15333175241237027.
The staff working at day-care centers and nursing homes are in a key frontline for early detection of older people living with dementia, however, whether the staff were well prepared and if they were appropriately trained were still little known.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted and the validated questionnaires exploring the awareness of dementia care, in terms of knowledge, attitude and preventive practice domain, were given to the staff working at day-care centers and nursing homes in Macao.
272 samples were approached and scores of knowledge was 76.23 ± 19.62, attitude was 80.05 ± 8.92 and preventive practice was 75.59 ± 13.88, among which knowledge and preventive practice were positively related to attitude, and knowledge, attitude and preventive practice were negatively related to age. Health care assistants' knowledge were less than social workers, managers, health professionals and clerk. Attitude of health care assistants were less positive than social workers and health professionals.
Health care assistants and older staff had less knowledge and less positive attitude. Trainings to improve knowledge, attitude and preventive practice amongst health care assistants and older staff were recommended strongly.
日托中心和养老院的工作人员处于早期发现痴呆症患者的关键一线，然而，工作人员是否做好充分准备以及是否接受过适当培训仍鲜为人知。
进行了一项横断面调查，并向澳门日托中心和养老院的工作人员发放了经过验证的问卷，以探讨他们在痴呆症护理知识、态度和预防实践方面的认知情况。
共收集到272份样本，知识得分76.23±19.62，态度得分80.05±8.92，预防实践得分75.59±13.88，其中知识和预防实践与态度呈正相关，知识、态度和预防实践与年龄呈负相关。医护助理的知识水平低于社会工作者、管理人员、卫生专业人员和办事员。医护助理的态度不如社会工作者和卫生专业人员积极。
医护助理和年长员工的知识较少且态度不够积极。强烈建议对医护助理和年长员工进行培训，以提高他们的知识、态度和预防实践能力。
