Aging & Society: Eighth Interdisciplinary Conference

Abstract

This study examines factors related to caregiving self-efficacy among family caregivers of elderly with diabetes mellitus. This cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June, 2018, in a general hospital in northern Vietnam. The characteristics of demographics, diabetes knowledge, and self-efficacy were determined in a questionnaire that was delivered to 151 family caregivers of elderly with diabetes mellitus. An analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics software. Of a total of 151 participants, 25.8% were men and 71.2% were women; the mean age was 52±12.5. Patients with low ADLs represented the caregiver with low self- efficacy of 38, 49.9% and high self- efficacy of 18, 24.3%. The analysis showed 75.7% of caregivers did not receive care-giving education, which was significantly associated with low self-efficacy status at 85.7% (p<.05). Diabetes knowledge was a significant factor of self-efficacy with OR (95%CI) at .779 (.635–.956), which showed a lack of knowledge corresponded to lower self-efficacy status. The number of patient hospitalizations, chronic diseases of caregivers, and hours of hospitalization were all related to caregiving self-efficacy (p<.05). In conclusion, this study found that the lack of both knowledge of diabetes and education for caregivers regarding care for elderly patients with diabetes were related to lower caregiving self-efficacy status.