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E-assessment and an e-training program among elderly care staff lacking formal competence: results of a mixed-methods intervention study
Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, Medicin- och vårdvetenskap. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID-id: 0000-0003-1969-0163
Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, Medicin- och vårdvetenskap. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-9912-5350
2015 (engelsk)Inngår i: BMC Health Services Research, E-ISSN 1472-6963, Vol. 15, nr 1, artikkel-id 189Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]

Background

Among staff working in elderly care, a considerable proportion lack formal competence for their work. Lack of formal competence, in turn, has been linked to higher staff ratings of stress symptoms, sleep disturbances and workload. Objectives: 1) To describe the strengths and weaknesses of an e-assessment and subsequent e-training program used among elderly care staff who lack formal competence and 2) to study the effects of an e-training program on staff members’ working life (quality of care and psychological and structural empowerment) and well-being (job satisfaction and psychosomatic health). The hypothesis was that staff who had completed the e-assessment and the e-training program would rate greater improvements in working life and well-being than would staff who had only participated in the e-assessments.

Methods

An intervention study with a mixed-methods approach using quantitative (2010–2011) and qualitative data (2011) was conducted in Swedish elderly care. Participants included a total of 41 staff members. To describe the strengths and weaknesses of the e-assessment and the e-training program, qualitative data were gathered using semi-structured interviews together with a study-specific questionnaire. To study the effects of the intervention, quantitative data were collected using questionnaires on: job satisfaction, psychosomatic health, psychological empowerment, structural empowerment and quality of care in an intervention and a comparison group.

Results

Staff who completed the e-assessments and the e-training program primarily experienced strengths associated with this approach. The results were also in line with our hypotheses: Staff who completed the e-assessment and the e-training program rated improvements in their working life and well-being.

Conclusion

Use of the e-assessments and e-training program employed in the present study could be one way to support elderly care staff who lack formal education by increasing their competence; increased competence, in turn, could improve their self-confidence, working life, and well-being.

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2015. Vol. 15, nr 1, artikkel-id 189
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Competence in elderly care, E-assessment of prior learning, Information and communication technology, Informal education, Mixed-methods, Well-being, Working life
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19263DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0843-yISI: 000354843500001PubMedID: 25943436Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84929992686OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-19263DiVA, id: diva2:809005
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