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Published on: February 13, 2020
Evaluation of a consumer-personal assistant training project
Laura H Schopp1, Mary J Clark, Kristofer J Hagglund
1Department of Health Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. SchoppL@health.missouri.edu
Purpose:
This study evaluated a personal assistance services (PAS) training programme that aimed to improve the consumer and personal assistant relationship and increase consumer and personal assistant knowledge on health and wellness issues.
Method:
A total of 87 consumers and 53 personal assistants were enrolled in this longitudinal intervention study. Consumers and personal assistants in the intervention group participated in a six-hour in-person PAS training programme.
Results:
Consumers and personal assistants who participated in the training had increased knowledge at both three and six months post-training compared to consumers and personal assistants who were in the non-treatment group. There were no differences in consumer/personal assistant relationship variables.
Conclusions:
Future studies should examine the impact of PAS training programmes on health behaviours needed to decrease secondary conditions.
