From: Burden experienced by community health volunteers in Taiwan: a survey
Item | Mean | SD** | n |
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1. I feel the low participation by the community residents in planned healthcare activities impacts on my role. | 3.01 | (± 0.98) | 433 |
2. I feel I lack support from members of the community residents in carrying out my role | 2.43 | (± 0.98) | 434 |
3. Misunderstanding by the community residents about the health service availability affects my role. | 2.58 | (± 1.03) | 434 |
4. I feel the presence of fraudulent groups in Taiwan makes my role as a health care volunteer more difficult. | 2.71 | (± 1.20) | 433 |
5. I feel the adaptation courses provided for volunteers did not adequately help me to conduct my role. | 2.40 | (± 1.10) | 433 |
6. I feel the lack of volunteers makes my role more difficult. | 2.86 | (± 1.18) | 431 |
7. I feel the benefits for volunteers are inadequate. | 2.37 | (± 1.33) | 432 |
8. I feel my role is affected by missing or broken equipment. | 2.48 | (± 1.07) | 433 |
9. I feel the difficulty associated with completing the required paper work impacts on my role. | 2.62 | (± 1.15) | 432 |
10. I feel the frequent change of supervising strategies of the health government impacts on my role. | 2.53 | (± 1.22) | 433 |
11. I feel that I have too many community activities to conduct to be effective. | 2.17 | (± 1.10) | 432 |
12. I feel the courses provided for volunteers did not adequately prepare me for the health problems I manage. | 2.56 | (± 1.07) | 426 |
13. I find it difficult to communicate among some of the community residents, such as immigrant residents, and this makes my role harder. | 2.52 | (± 1.05) | 427 |
14. I am unclear about the expectations of my role. | 1.70 | (± 0.90) | 427 |
15. I feel lack of communication and/or interaction with other volunteers makes my role more difficult. | 1.60 | (± 0.76) | 428 |
16. I feel that the dangers associated with the health services and home care impact on my role. | 1.59 | (± 0.77) | 428 |
17. I feel physically exhausted due to my volunteer role. | 1.66 | (± 0.82) | 427 |
18. I feel the lack support of my family makes my role more difficult. | 1.43 | (± 0.75) | 429 |
19. I feel it is difficult to arrange health schedules during holidays. | 2.28 | (± 0.97) | 429 |
20. Overall, I feel the burdens associated with the volunteer’s role are heavy. | 2.11 | (± 0.87) | 428 |
Overall mean sum of burdens | 45.6 | (± 11.5) | 425 |
range | 20-85 | Â | Â |
Overall mean of single burdens | 2.28 | (± 0.58) | 425 |