Open AccessRole of informal care providers in home based long term care in diabetes mellitus at Kaiwara Primary Health Center area, Karnataka, India
Author(s) -
Isaac Arjunan,
Deepa Gopinath,
N S Murthy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(11)60052-2
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , diabetes mellitus , health care , nursing , economics , economic growth , endocrinology
Objective: To find the prevalence of diabetics, identify informal care providers for them in\udKaiwara Primary Health Center (PHC) area, assess the level of knowledge and skills of an informal\udcare provider in home based long term care and improve the level of knowledge and skill of the\udinformal care provider through a structured training capsule. Methods: A cross sectional and\udan interventional study was conducted on diabetics and their informal care providers in Kaiwara\udPHC area. Data were collected using pre-tested, structured questionnaire by an interview method.\udA structured training capsule was developed and implemented. Evaluation of the knowledge and\udskills was assessed at the beginning and at the end of the training. Student ’s paired/unpaired\ud‘t ’ tests and correlation analysis were done. Results: Improvement scores were calculated by\udsubtracting the pre-evaluation scores from the post-evaluation scores. The mean improvement\udscores was (2.66暲0.32) and was statistically significant (P<0.001). No significant difference in\udmean values was found in the knowledge and skills scores in relation to the socio-demographic\udvariables in the study. Conclusions: Knowledge and skills component of the informal care\udprovider in home based care of diabetes could be perceived as a “felt need ”