Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Instrument
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Participants
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Changes in the Perceived Valences at Posttest
3.2. Potential Personal Factors Influencing the Changes in the Participants’ Valences
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | n | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 20 | 22.0 |
Female | 71 | 78.0 |
Age, in years | ||
<21 | 0 | 0.0 |
21–30 | 10 | 11.0 |
31–40 | 23 | 25.3 |
41–50 | 36 | 39.6 |
51–60 | 20 | 22.0 |
>60 | 2 | 2.2 |
Position | ||
Social workers | 36 | 39.6 |
Paramedical practitioners (therapists, psychologists, nurses, etc.) | 31 | 34.1 |
Direct support staff (wardens, rehabilitation workers, vocational instructors, etc.) | 24 | 26.4 |
Years of experience in services for users with intellectual disabilities | ||
10 or less | 29 | 31.9 |
11–20 | 36 | 39.6 |
More than 20 | 26 | 28.6 |
Working in residential service setting | ||
Yes | 65 | 71.4 |
No | 26 | 28.6 |
Level of involvement in new ICF-based practices | ||
Involved in one component | 59 | 64.8 |
Involved in two components | 16 | 17.6 |
Involved in three components | 16 | 17.6 |
Number of formal ICF-related training activities participated | ||
0 | 20 | 22.0 |
1 | 30 | 33.0 |
2 | 23 | 25.3 |
3 | 13 | 14.3 |
4 | 4 | 4.4 |
5 | 0 | 0.0 |
6 | 1 | 1.1 |
ICF-Related Valence Domains | Pretest | Posttest | Difference | 95% CI | t/df | p (2-tailed) | Effect size (Cohen’s d) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||||
Knowledge (n = 91) | 15.69 | 4.46 | 17.60 | 3.68 | 1.91 | 3.90 | [1.10, 2.72] | 4.68/90 | 0.000 | 0.490 |
Competence (n = 91) | 11.16 | 3.24 | 13.25 | 2.93 | 2.09 | 3.09 | [1.45, 2.73] | 6.45/90 | 0.000 | 0.677 |
Intrapersonal (n = 91) | 26.48 | 5.77 | 28.10 | 5.17 | 1.62 | 5.55 | [0.46, 2.77] | 2.77/90 | 0.007 | 0.291 |
Relational (n = 89) | 36.82 | 7.43 | 39.16 | 6.78 | 2.34 | 7.84 | [0.69, 3.99] | 2.81/88 | 0.006 | 0.298 |
Meaning (n = 91) | 27.09 | 6.57 | 30.02 | 6.05 | 2.93 | 5.47 | [1.80, 4.07] | 5.12/90 | 0.000 | 0.537 |
Total (n = 89) | 116.99 | 22.90 | 127.75 | 21.01 | 10.76 | 20.51 | [6.44, 15.09] | 4.95/88 | 0.000 | 0.525 |
ICF-Related Valence Domains | Personal Factors | Covariates | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Age | Position | Years of Experience | Service Settings | Level of Involvement | Number of Formal Training | ||||||||
F(1, 87) | p | F(4, 84) | p | F(2, 86) | p | F(2, 86) | p | F(1, 87) | p | F(1, 87) | p | F(1, 87) | p | |
Knowledge | 0.393 | 0.532 | 0.770 | 0.314 | 1.126 | 0.329 | 1.246 | 0.293 | 0.416 | 0.521 | 0.031 | 0.860 | 1.188 | 0.279 |
Competence | 0.056 | 0.814 | 1.208 | 0.314 | 0.274 | 0.761 | 1.332 | 0.269 | 0.056 | 0.814 | 5.651 | 0.020 * | 0.362 | 0.549 |
Intra-personal | 0.622 | 0.432 | 1.169 | 0.331 | 0.589 | 0.557 | 0.816 | 0.446 | 1.638 | 0.204 | 5.311 | 0.024 * | 1.989 | 0.162 |
Relation-al | 0.109 | 0.742 | 1.423 | 0.233 | 1.123 | 0.330 | 1.794 | 0.174 | 1.885 | 0.173 | 3.659 | 0.059 | 0.752 | 0.388 |
Meaning | 0.090 | 0.765 | 1.769 | 0.143 | 0.024 | 0.976 | 0.426 | 0.654 | 0.000 | 0.999 | 0.835 | 0.363 | 1.326 | 0.253 |
Total | 0.027 | 0.870 | 1.647 | 0.170 | 0.449 | 0.640 | 1.335 | 0.269 | 0.610 | 0.437 | 4.000 | 0.049 * | 0.822 | 0.367 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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| 0.669 ** | --- | |||||
| 0.509 ** | 0.445 ** | --- | ||||
| 0.475 ** | 0.363 ** | 0.733 ** | --- | |||
| 0.466 ** | 0.542 ** | 0.428 ** | 0.471 ** | --- | ||
| 0.740 ** | 0.687 ** | 0.834 ** | 0.856 ** | 0.738 ** | --- | |
| 0.023 | 0.262 * | 0.242 * | 0.201 | 0.348 | 0.210 * | --- |
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Wong, P.K.S.; Kwan, C.L.; Wong, Y.C. Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021632
Wong PKS, Kwan CL, Wong YC. Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(2):1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021632
Chicago/Turabian StyleWong, Phyllis King Shui, Cheuk Lun Kwan, and Yu Cheung Wong. 2023. "Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 2: 1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021632
APA StyleWong, P. K. S., Kwan, C. L., & Wong, Y. C. (2023). Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021632