Healthcare professionals providing care for institutionalized older patients must deal with agitated behavior daily. Such behavior alters the patient's quality of life and generates stress for the caregiver. Humanitude® Care Methodology is an alternative to pharmaceutical approaches that has demonstrated benefits on care delivery. The present study aims to investigate the effects of this method on healthcare professionals' perception of competence and emotional state when dealing with difficult care situations.
This is a retrospective, multicentric, before / after study. Data collected from a self-administered questionnaire to caregivers working in 32 Continuous Care Units before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology training sessions in the Ile-de-France region in France will be analyzed. Data on the participants' perception of their own care competence and their emotional state when confronted with several difficult care situations will be collected. Participants' well-being at work and adhesion to the Humanitude® Care Methodology will be also evaluated.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
455
During a five-day training session healthcare professionals are trained to the HCM within their own care unit
The self-administered questionnaire will be completed before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology training sessions
GHICL
Lille, Nord, France
Groupement des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille
Lille, France
4-point scale for evaluation of Caregivers' feelings
Caregivers are asked to comment on their feelings, on a 4-point scale (anxiety; apprehension; serenity; pleasure) when they enter in a resident's room before and after the training.
Time frame: 5 days
4-point scale for evaluation of caregivers'competence
To collect caregivers' feelings of competence, they are asked to give their opinion on how capable they felt of looking after a resident, on a 4-point scale (not at all capable; not very capable; capable; very capable) when they entered the room of a resident
Time frame: 5 days
3-point scale for evaluation of caregivers' trust in their colleagues
The degree of trust which caregivers place in their colleagues on a daily basis is assessed on a 3-point scale : no; it's not always up to me; yes).
Time frame: 5 days
Scale for evaluation of caregivers' degree of pleasure in coming to work
The degree of pleasure in coming to work is assessed on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (a lot).
Time frame: 5 days
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