A national cross-sectional study of community nurses and social workers knowledge of self-neglect

Age and Ageing
Mary Rose Day, Geraldine McCarthy

Abstract

self-neglect (SN) is a global health and social problem affecting societies, which is largely hidden, under-reported and underresearched. Community nurses (CNs) and social workers (SWs) need to be knowledgeable about SN. to determine CNs and SWs sources and level of SN knowledge. quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional. CNs and SWs working in the community with older people at risk of SN. participants were recruited from four Health Service Executive (HSE) areas in Ireland. a questionnaire was developed to elicit levels and sources of SN knowledge. A postal survey was used. of the 566 questionnaires posted, 339 responded (Nurses (N) N = 305; SWs N = 34), a 60% response. SWs had statistically higher knowledge scores (P = 0.002), and difference in average scores between CNs and SWs was statistically significant (P = 0.037). There was a statistically significant difference between practice and personal experience (P = 0.44), and use of literature/books (P = 0.037) between CNs and SWs, with SWs using both sources more. Higher knowledge scores were significantly associated with number of SN cases, higher education and gender. there is a need for interdisciplinary training on SN.

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Jul 28, 2016·Archives of Psychiatric Nursing·Mary Rose Day, Geraldine McCarthy
Aug 31, 2016·Journal of Applied Gerontology : the Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society·Tova Band-Winterstein
Mar 11, 2015·British Journal of Community Nursing·Mary Rose DayJohanna Downey
Dec 23, 2015·British Journal of Community Nursing·Mary Rose DayPatricia Leahy-Warren
Nov 2, 2019·British Journal of Community Nursing·Karen Noblett
Feb 20, 2021·Journal of Advanced Nursing·Pi-Ju LiuAmanda Phelan

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