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A nurse–family partnership intervention to increase the self‐efficacy of family caregivers and reduce catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in catheterized patients
Author(s) -
Lee KwoChen,
Chao YannFen C,
Wang YuehMien,
Lin PiChu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12319
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , general partnership , urinary system , nursing , intervention (counseling) , catheter , significant difference , family caregivers , physical therapy , family medicine , surgery , physics , finance , optics , economics
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a nurse–family partnership model on the self‐efficacy of family caregivers ( FCs ) and the incidence of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection ( CAUTI ) among patients. A randomized controlled study was conducted. We recruited 61 patients and their FCs , who were randomly divided into an experimental group ( n = 30) and a control group ( n = 31). In the experimental group, the main caregivers comprised a nurse–family partnership, whereas the control participants received routine care. The findings were as follows: (i) the incidence of CAUTI was lower in the experimental group than in the control group (20% vs. 38.8%), but the difference was not statistically significant; and (ii) no significant difference emerged for reported C aregiver S elf‐ E fficacy S core between the two groups. The nursing team and FCs must become partners in cooperative caregiving to enhance the quality of patient care.