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ArticleJournal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2019

Effects of Dementia Care Mapping on job satisfaction and caring skills of staff caring for older people with intellectual disabilities: A quasi-experimental study.

Feija D Schaap, Evelyn J Finnema, Roy E Stewart, Geke J Dijkstra, Sijmen A Reijneveld

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Article in Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Feija D SchaapResearch Group Living, Wellbeing and Care for Older People, NHL University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6719-6982
Evelyn J FinnemaResearch Group Living, Wellbeing and Care for Older People, NHL University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Roy E StewartDepartment of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9227-433X
Geke J DijkstraDepartment of Health Sciences, Applied Health Research, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sijmen A ReijneveldDepartment of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1206-7523
University Medical Center Groningen · NLNHL University of Applied Sciences · NL

Funding

Dutch Taskforce for Applied Research (RAAK-PRO) RAAK PRO-4-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe ageing of people with intellectual disabilities, involving consequences like dementia, creates a need for methods to support care staff. One promising method is Dementia Care Mapping (DCM). This study examined the effect of DCM on job satisfaction and care skills of ID-care staff.

methodsWe performed a quasi-experimental study in 23 group homes for older people with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands. Among staff, we assessed job satisfaction and care skills as primary outcomes and work experience measures as secondary outcomes (N = 227).

resultsDementia Care Mapping achieved no significantly better effect than care as usual (CAU) for primary outcomes on job satisfaction (MWSS-HC) and working skills (P-CAT). Effect sizes varied from -0.18 to -0.66. We also found no differences for any of the secondary outcomes.

conclusionDementia Care Mapping does not increase job satisfaction and care skills of staff caring for older people with intellectual disabilities. This result differs from previous findings and deserves further study.

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CaregiversHomes for the AgedJob SatisfactionNursing HomesPatient-Centered CareProfessional CompetenceAdultComorbidityDementiaFemaleHumansIntellectual DisabilityMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsdementiadementia care mappingeffectintellectual disabilityjob satisfactionperson-centred care

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