Effect of Emergency Scenario-Based Training Program on Knowledge, Self-confidence, and Competency of Elderly Caregiver Volunteers in a Rural Thai Community: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Praditporn Pongtriang, Thassanee Soontorn, Jaruwat Sumleepun and 2 others
PMID 39411565WHAT IT FOUND
Knowledge and self-confidence did not show a clear change after emergency scenario training for rural Thai caregivers, but competency scores rose.
Key findings
01Competency scores were higher at week 8 than at week 1 and week 4.
02Knowledge and self-confidence scores did not change significantly over the training weeks.
03Forty participants entered the program, but 26 completed all three sessions.
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What it does not show
There was no comparison group, so the competency gain cannot be separated from time, repeated testing, or other community events. Only 26 of 40 recruited participants completed all three sessions, and the analysed sample was small. The participants were rural Thai volunteers and family caregivers, so results may not apply to other settings or to staff nurses. Knowledge and self-confidence did not improve significantly, so the training may not have changed what caregivers knew or felt confident about. Follow-up was only to week 8, so it is unclear whether competency lasted. The training was delivered by an emergency physician and an emergency nurse practitioner, which may not be available in usual community settings.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the competency gain as proof that knowledge or self-confidence improved. Those outcomes were not significant, and the study had no control group.