ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effect of health education on the improvement of home caregivers’knowledge and skills on indwelling gastric tube feeding.Methods Fifty home caregivers of senile patients with tube feeding were recruited in the study using a self-designed questionnaire,followed by pertinent health education based on the survey results.The effects of health education were compared between pre-and post-education in terms of their knowledge on tube feeding.Results The total score on knowledge after education was significantly higher than that before education(P<0.001).There were significant improvements in tube feeding temperature,volume,time for tube disinfection and judgment of tube’s place in the stomach after education(all P<0.05). Conclusion Through health education,we could increase the skills of caregivers in caring the patients with tube feeding and thus improve the life quality of these patients.