Analysis of the Participation Reasons and Deterrents on Welfare Facility Dietitians for the Elderly

Su Jin Kim; Min A Lee; Wookyoun Cho; Youngmee Lee; Jiyoung Choi; Eunju Park

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Kim, Lee, Cho, Lee, Choi, and Park: Analysis of the Participation Reasons and Deterrents on Welfare Facility Dietitians for the Elderly

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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2019; 24(2): 127-136.

Published online: 30 April 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2019.24.2.127

Analysis of the Participation Reasons and Deterrents on Welfare Facility Dietitians for the Elderly

Su Jin Kim¹, Min A Lee², Wookyoun Cho³, Youngmee Lee³, Jiyoung Choi⁴, Eunju Park⁵

¹Department of Food and Nutrition, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, Student.

²Department of Food and Nutrition, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, Professor.

³Department of Food and Nutrition, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea, Professor.

⁴Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea, Student.

⁵Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea, Professor.

Corresponding author: Eunju Park. Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyungnam University, Changwon 51352, Republic of Korea. Tel: (055) 249-2218, Fax: (055) 244-6504, pej@kyungnam.ac.kr

Received 9 April 2019 Revised 19 April 2019 Accepted 22 April 2019

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition

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Abstract

Objectives

This study analyzed the education participation reasons and deterrents of dietitians who work in welfare facilities for the elderly.

Methods

The survey was completed by 144 dietitians working at welfare facilities for the elderly in Korea. The survey was conducted in October, 2018, both on-line and off-line, based on the demographic characteristics, work status on welfare facilities for the elderly, Participation Reasons Scale (PRS) and Deterrents to Participation Scale (DPS-G). The data were analyzed using frequency analysis, descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regressive analysis using SPSS ver. 25.0.

Results

The reason for participation were divided into three factors: ‘Responsibility of professional and self-development (5.76 ± 1.04)’, ‘Job stability and personal benefits (4.98 ± 1.28)’, and ‘Interaction and development of professional competencies (5.85 ± 1.00)’. ‘Interaction and development of professional competencies’ was the highest motivation factor. Also, the deterrents for participation were divided into four factors: ‘Dispositional barrier (2.70 ± 1.29)’, ‘Dissatisfaction of education usability (3.39 ± 1.38)’, ‘Institutional barrier (4.21 ± 1.45)’, and ‘Situational barrier (2.36 ± 1.30)’. ‘Institutional barrier’ showed the highest deterrents factor. In addition, ‘Responsibility of professional and self-development’ and ‘Interaction and development of professional competencies’ were negative attributes for ‘Dispositional barrier’ (p<0.001).

Conclusions

These results provide basic data to promote participation in education and contribute to the improvement of their job ability and education capacity of the food and nutrition management of welfare facilities for the elderly

Keywords: dietitian, reasons of participation, deterrents of participation, welfare facility for the elderly

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Demographic characteristics N=144

Table 2

Work status on elderly welfare facility for elderly N=144

1) Multiple responses, 2) Mean ± SD

Table 3

Reasons of Education participation factor analysis N=144

KMO=0.953, Cronbach's α=0.975

Bartlett's test of sphericity χ²=4500.437, df=378, (p<0.001)

Total accumulation variance explanation=74.658%

1. strongly disagree 4. neither agree nor disagree 7. strongly agree

Table 4

Deterrents of education participant factor analysis N=144

KMO=0.900, Cronbach's α=0.951

Bartlett's test of sphericity χ²=9673.157, df=378, (p<0.001)

Total accumulation variance explanation=72.022%

1. strongly disagree 4. neither agree nor disagree 7. strongly agree

Table 5

Effect of dispositional barrier on participant reasons

R²=0.123, F=6.370^***

^*: p<0.05 ^**: p<0.01 ^***: p<0.001

Table 6

Effect of dissatisfaction of education usability on participant reasons

R²=0.008, F=0.360

Table 7

Effect of institutional barrier on participant reasons

R²=0.042, F=1.993

^*: p<0.05

Table 8

Effect of situational barrier on participant reasons

R²=0.068, F=3.290^*

^*: p<0.05, ^**: p<0.01

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by a grant from the Korea Federation of Women's Science & Technology Association.

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