ERIC Number: EJ1333177
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Publication Date: 2022-Jun
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Effects of Contextual Interactive Healthcare Training on Caregivers of Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection: Anxiety, Learning Achievements, Perceived Support and Self-Efficacies during Quarantine
Lin, Xiao-Fan; Liang, Zhong-Mei; Chan, Kan Kan; Li, Wenyi; Ling, Xiaolan
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, v38 n3 p731-742 Jun 2022
Background: The contextual and interactive learning research was motivated by the need to enhance the healthcare training effect of caregivers of patients with suspected COVID-19 infection during quarantine. However, there is a lack of effective approaches to integrating mobile contextual learning into interactive learning. Objectives: Therefore, this study developed a mobile augmented reality-integration contextual interactive healthcare training system, and then investigated the effects of the proposed system on anxiety, learning effects, perceived support and self-efficacies. Methods: To validate the effectiveness of the system, we conducted a quasi-experiment with a sample of 91 caregivers of patients with suspected COVID-19 infection. Results and conclusions: Results showed that the experimental group with the developed system was superior to the control group with e-pamphlet instruction in mobile devices, in terms of learning effect, perceived support, self-efficacies and reduction of anxiety during quarantine. Therefore, the mobile contextual interactive healthcare training system could be useful to improve caregivers' self-efficacies as well as their ability to care for patients in the context of COVID-19 infection prevention. Implications: This is one of the few studies of the effective approach for technology-enhanced healthcare education in the COVID-19 pandemic. Some corresponding suggestions are proposed: implementing mobile contextual interactive training activities to enhance caregivers' knowledge, skills and self-efficacies; involving social interactions to relieve caregivers' anxiety; providing professional communications and support while facing difficulties in taking care of patients with suspected COVID-19 infection.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Simulation, Program Effectiveness, Caregivers, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Caregiver Training, Skill Development, Interaction, Patients
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Language: English
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