FMDS Theses and Dissertations

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Theses and dissertations by graduate students from the Faculty of Management and Development Studies.

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    Caring Processes and Level of Engagement among Informal Caregivers of Older Persons in a Tertiary Hospital in Metro Manila, Philippines
    (Maria Victoria T. Ramos, 2023-05-04) Ramos, Maria Victoria T.
    Informal caregiver care is a critical aspect that is involved among hospitalized older persons. The study aims to identify the association between the caring processes and the level of informal caregiver engagement. The Caring process among informal caregivers of older persons was identified using a Likert style questionnaire. It is composed of five determinants, namely Knowing, Being With, Doing for, Enabling, and Maintaining Belief. The first phase of Knowing involved being overall aware of the condition of the informal caregivers admitted older person. Being with is the second caring process in which the informal caregiver was physically and emotionally with the patient. Doing for is the third phase in which care was rendered with dignity, as if the older person were doing it for himself. The fourth process is enabling, in which the transition of care was facilitated towards self-care. Lastly, maintaining belief focused on maintaining the older person¶s hope and faith-filled attitude as he or she continued with his or her life. The level of informal caregiver engagement was identified following the principles of caregiver engagement with a Likert scale questionnaire. This involved three categories namely Policy and structure, Culture and Mindset, and Procedures. The study is a correlational quantitative study that involved informal caregivers answering printed questionnaires within 30 minutes. The results involved obtaining the frequency and percentage among informal caregivers' age, gender, and relationship with the patient. The dominant relationship in informal caregiving was spouse, the gender for informal caregiving was female and the result of age range was 48-58 years old. The descriptive statistics for the mean and standard deviation of the caring process determinants and level of informal caregiver engagement were then obtained. Finally, the mean and standard deviation of the caring process and the level of informal caregiver engagement were correlated using the IBM SPSS statistics software for identification of association. Results showed a positive correlation between the caring processes and the following: Policy and Structure, Culture and Mindset, and Procedures
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    Practice Environment and Work Engagement Among Nurses in Selected Ministry Academic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia
    ( 2024-02-09) Ali, Mocthar Abdul
    INTRODUCTION: A stressful practice environment may harm the physical well-being and psychological health of nurses, which, in turn, may lead to a reduction in nurses' work engagement level. This study aimed to determine the relationship between practice environment and work engagement among nurses in selected Ministry Academic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This cross-sectional study utilized a descriptive, comparative, and correlation research design. Ethical clearance was secured accordingly. Three hundred forty-three (N=343) nurses from the selected Ministry Academic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia participated. Data were gathered systematically using a demographic questionnaire, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nurse Work Index (PES-NWI) of Lake (2002), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9). IBM-SPSS Statistics version 27 was used to analyze the data. Frequency counts and percentages were used to characterize the nurses' demographic and work-related profile. The overall PES-NWI "composite" score was computed as the mean of the five subscale scores. Spearman correlation and point-biserial correlation were used to determine the relationships between variables of interest. An alpha level of 0.5 was used to interpret the significance. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant moderate positive relationship between nurse participation in hospital affairs and work engagement (rs=.451, p=.000), a statistically significant weak positive correlation between nursing foundations of quality of care and work engagement (rs=.388, p =.000), nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses, and work engagement, (rs=.378, p =.000), staffing and resource adequacy and work engagement, (rs=.350, p=.000), and collegial nurse-physician relationships and work engagement, (rs=.296, p=.000). CONCLUSION: There is a statistically significant moderate positive relationship between overall perceived nurses’ practice environment and level of work engagement (rs=.454, p=.000). RECOMMENDATIONS: The findings of this study will serve as baseline data to guide hospital and Nurse leaders on where to focus attention in improving the patient care environment. It recommended devising more strategies and activities to improve the practice environment to promote work engagement among nurses.