Dementia is an irreversible and common syndrome for the elderly. If delirium occurs on a dementia elderly,it will lead to faster deterioration in cognitive function, higher chance of moving to residential facilities and higher mortality.
This RCT research is to evaluate the effectiveness of improving the caregivers’ competence of recognizing delirium and confusion on dementia patients after carrying out multifaceted educational program based on adult learning theory.
24 people are test group and 28 people in the control group. The test group will receive 40 minutes multifaceted educational program once a week in the first month after enrollment (total 4 times). The interventions include dementia care E-book, delirium online videos, one on one teaching by senior nurses and two-way cognitive feedback of delirium and confusion symptoms on dementia patients with their family caregivers.
The stuty results reveral that after receiving 4 weeks multifaceted educational program: 1.The main caregivers of the experimental group showed significant improvement in the knowledge level of distinguishing between delirium and disordered behavior in dementia. And after 12 weeks, there are still continuous results(B:3.470 p= .000).2.The experimental group showed significant improvement in attitude level of distinguishing between delirium and disordered behavior in dementia(B:3.470，p= .000). 3.Through interventional multifaceted educational program, the experimental group's ability to identify delirium and abnormal behavior with dementia, the difference before and after the test has a significantly improved effect than the control group(B:1.345，p= .000).4.After the intervention,the experimental group had positive feedback on learning satisfaction and significant improvement in nursing self-confidence(Mean: 4.63 , SD:0.428).

Authors:
Chen Pei Chun, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taiwan
Chen Miao-Yen, The National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Chen Pei Chun is currently a head nurse in Taiwan Adventist Hospital. She majored in Geriatric Nursing and graduated with a master degree . Pei Chun dedicates what she has learned to caring for and promoting their health of the elderly.

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