Effects of a psychological first aid simulated training for pregnant flood victims on disaster relief worker's knowledge, competence, and self-efficacy
- Authors
- Kang, Ju-Yeon; Choi, Yun-Jung
- Issue Date
- Feb-2021
- Publisher
- W.B. Saunders
- Keywords
- Disasters; Performance competence; Psychological first aid; Relief workers; Self-efficacy; Simulation-based education
- Citation
- Applied Nursing Research, v.57
- Journal Title
- Applied Nursing Research
- Volume
- 57
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/53682
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apnr.2020.151348
- ISSN
- 0897-1897
1532-8201
- Abstract
- Aims: To develop a simulation-based psychological first aid (PFA) education program for disaster relief workers and verify its impact on their PFA knowledge, PFA performance competence, and self-efficacy. Background: Relief workers should be provided with systematic education on their required knowledge and skills; however, PFA training for relief workers is lacking, which results in ineffective mental health support during disaster situations. Methods: This study adopted a non-equivalent control group pre-posttest quasi-experimental design. Thirty relief workers from mental health welfare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province participated. The experimental group received a PFA lecture, a simulation-based PFA education program, and access to the Psychological Life Support (PLS) mobile application, which provides information on disaster situations and PFA techniques. The comparison group received a PFA lecture. The control group was provided with self-learning PFA materials. Results: Among the three groups, the experimental group showed the greatest improvement in PFA knowledge, PFA performance competence, and self-efficacy from pretest to posttest, which was statistically significant. Conclusions: This study demonstrated the effectiveness of the simulation-based PFA education program combined with a PFA lecture and the PLS mobile app as complementary methods to assist relief workers in applying PFA in disaster situations. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
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