PLoS ONE 16(11):Įditor: Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Kurume University School of Medicine, JAPAN (2021) Effects of a social support family caregiver training program on changing blood pressure and lipid levels among elderly at risk of hypertension in a northern Thai community. The programs emphasized the importance of caregivers’ roles in providing social support, boosting confidence, and encouraging participation in caring, monitoring, and assisting the elderly in controlling blood pressure and other health issues.Ĭitation: Boonyathee S, Seangpraw K, Ong-Artborirak P, Auttama N, Tonchoy P, Kantow S, et al. As a result, better self-care behaviors and lower blood pressure and total cholesterol levels were observed among the elderly participants after the intervention. The average knowledge and self-efficacy of the participants improved after the intervention. In terms of caregiver outcomes, there was an overall difference among the degrees of knowledge, self-efficacy, and behaviors toward health care displayed by elderly hypertensive patients during the three different time periods (p<0.05). Furthermore, the intervention program had a time-dependent effect on knowledge, blood pressure, and total cholesterol levels (p<0.05). An analysis of repeated measures ANOVA showed the overall effect of the SSFCTP on knowledge, self-efficacy, health care behaviors, and blood pressure among elderly people during three different time periods (p<0.05). The final data were collected three months after the end of the intervention.

The activity lasted 12 weeks, with home visits and telephone check-ups along the way, and data collection took place after the program ended. The intervention group received the Social Support Family Caregiver Training Program (SSFCTP), while the control group received a regular program from the local health authority. Baseline data were collected in November 2020. Sixty seven pairs of elderly people and their caregivers were assigned to the intervention and control groups. This was a quasi-experimental study with 268 elderly people at risk of hypertension and their caregivers. This study’s goal was to see how social support training for family caregivers affected changes in hypertension, total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and how such support led to the prevention of hypertension behaviors among the elderly in rural areas. Family caregivers play an important role in caring for elderly people and empowering them to care for themselves. Hypertension is becoming increasingly prevalent among the elderly.

Blood pressure chart for seniors 2021