Assessed aptitudes of nurses working with depressed elderly
Mwangi, John (2014)
2014
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The purpose of the thesis was to examine nurses working in home care and old people's home (residential homes) particularly with their knowledge and skill to cope with depressed patients. Although all nurses are scholars with knowledge acquired from school to deal with mental issues, the study also targeted the necessity of addition knowledge on proper ways of recognizing signs and intervention awareness for their clients. Nurses' volition in attaining additional schooling in order to improve and updating their knowledge on depression was addressed in this study
In total, eight nursing care institutions were used (four residential homes and four home care services) in Kokkola area. The closed-ended questionnaires were left for two weeks for the nurses to answer from June till July 2011. A total of 138 questionnaires were distributed with 77 were answered representing 55.8%. The data was analyzed with SPSS program.
The results of the research showed the majority of nurses had adequate knowledge about depression and were capable to detect early onset of depression. An amount of 96% (n=74) of the respondents suggested the necessity of acquiring additional information apart from their previous professional education with a few number willingly to acquire additional information. Although depression was seen to be recognizable in early stages, lack of effective interventions to curb it among elderly population was reflected mostly in working environments.
However, further research should be conducted to raise awareness of the depressed elderly residing in the society with knowledge and interventions necessary for nurses' staff and other multi-professionals to curb the illness.
In total, eight nursing care institutions were used (four residential homes and four home care services) in Kokkola area. The closed-ended questionnaires were left for two weeks for the nurses to answer from June till July 2011. A total of 138 questionnaires were distributed with 77 were answered representing 55.8%. The data was analyzed with SPSS program.
The results of the research showed the majority of nurses had adequate knowledge about depression and were capable to detect early onset of depression. An amount of 96% (n=74) of the respondents suggested the necessity of acquiring additional information apart from their previous professional education with a few number willingly to acquire additional information. Although depression was seen to be recognizable in early stages, lack of effective interventions to curb it among elderly population was reflected mostly in working environments.
However, further research should be conducted to raise awareness of the depressed elderly residing in the society with knowledge and interventions necessary for nurses' staff and other multi-professionals to curb the illness.