Reniers Peter W A, Hediger Karin, Declercq Ine J N, Enders-Slegers Marie-José, Gerritsen Debby L, Leontjevas Ruslan
Faculty of Psychology, Open Universiteit, 6149 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and Psychology, University of Lucerne, 6002 Luzern, Switzerland.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Dec 2;14(23):3475. doi: 10.3390/ani14233475.
The Dutch PET@home Toolkit was developed to mitigate challenges, foster conversations, and support planning concerning pets in long-term care at home. This process evaluation study aimed to evaluate the practical application of the toolkit on four topics: (1) satisfaction; (2) relevance; (3) feasibility; and (4) integration of the PET@home Toolkit materials in home care. Outcomes may be used to improve the toolkit materials to better align with the long-term care at home setting. Accounting for data saturation, professional caregivers (N = 6), clients (N = 2), and family caregivers (N = 2) who used toolkit materials participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analyzed by two researchers in ATLAS.ti using an inductive-iterative approach. The researchers reached a consensus on themes and clustering within interview topics. This led to the identification of the following themes pertaining to each interview topic: satisfaction (general impression, suggestions for improvement); relevance (awareness, planning, pet-related aspects in practice, impact on healthcare quality); feasibility (healthcare practice, competence, quantity); and implementation (digitalization, task owner, piloting, timing). Several improvements were made to toolkit materials, such as providing clearer instructions for clients in the information booklet. Participants acknowledged the toolkit could lead to better planning while mitigating potential challenges concerning pets, which may lead to longer-lasting relationships between clients and their pets.
荷兰居家宠物护理工具包的开发旨在应对挑战、促进交流并支持有关居家长期护理中宠物问题的规划。这项过程评估研究旨在评估该工具包在四个主题上的实际应用：（1）满意度；（2）相关性；（3）可行性；以及（4）居家宠物护理工具包材料在家庭护理中的整合情况。研究结果可用于改进工具包材料，使其更好地适应居家长期护理环境。考虑到数据饱和，使用过工具包材料的专业护理人员（N = 6）、客户（N = 2）和家庭护理人员（N = 2）参与了半结构化访谈。两位研究人员在ATLAS.ti中采用归纳迭代法对访谈进行了分析。研究人员就访谈主题中的主题和聚类达成了共识。这导致确定了与每个访谈主题相关的以下主题：满意度（总体印象、改进建议）；相关性（意识、规划、实践中的宠物相关方面、对医疗质量的影响）；可行性（医疗实践、能力、数量）；以及实施（数字化、任务负责人、试点、时间安排）。对工具包材料进行了多项改进，例如在信息手册中为客户提供更清晰的说明。参与者承认该工具包可以带来更好的规划，同时减轻与宠物相关的潜在挑战，这可能会使客户与其宠物之间的关系更持久。
