| Sumario: | Purpose The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of transfer assistive robots on care burden, burnout, and self-esteem in caregivers caring for the mobility-impaired older adults and severely disabled people. Method A single-group pre-test post-test study design was used in this study. The participants were 30 caregivers caring for the institutionalized or community-dwelling care recipients. The caregivers used transfer assistive robots to move mobility-impaired older adults and severely disabled people from bed to chair or from chair to bed for a week. The care burden, burn out, and self-esteem were measured using a self-reported questionnaire. The care burden scale developed by zairt(1980), the burnout scale developed by Maslach and Jackson(1981), and the self esteem scale developed by Rosenberg(1965) were used. The data was collected between July 2021 to January 2022. The data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics version 25.0 for window program and difference in outcome variables between pre and post was confirmed using the paired t-test. Results and Discussion Participants ranged in age from 38 to 76 years, with a mean of 57.6 (SD=7.07). There were 28 female respondents (93.3%) and 2 male respondents (6.7%). Of those who participated, 13 (43.3%) were Korean geriatric care helpers, 8 (26.7%) were uncertified assistive personnel, 3 (10.0%) were family caregivers, 1 (3.3%) was the disabled activity supporter, and etc. There was statistically significant reduction in the care burden after the intervention (t=4.62, p<.001). However, there was no significant difference in the burnout and self-esteem. The study suggests that transfer assistive robots were effective in decreasing the care burden in caregivers caring for the mobility-impaired older adults and severely disabled people.
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