Effects of Education on Knowledge and Practice of Caregivers of the Stroke Patient / 간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
;
: 1175-1182, 2006.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of stroke patient care education on the knowledge and practice of caregivers of stroke patients.METHOD:
Data was collected from December 15, 2004 to March 30, 2005. The research design was a non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design. The subjects were forty primary caregivers of stroke patients who were hospitalized in a neurology unit of a university hospital. Forty caregivers, twenty in the experimental group and twenty in the control group were assigned. The experimental group participated 2 times in an education class given by the researcher. Data analysis included -test, and t-test using the SPSS program.RESULT:
Knowledge(t=5..87, p=o.oo) and practice(t=5.53, p=0.00) of the experimental group were significantly different from the control group.CONCLUSION:
The stroke patient care education developed in this studyshows a significant promotion of knowledge and practice of caregivers. Thus this program can be recommanded as an intervention model for stroke patients and caregivers.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Program Evaluation
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Family
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Patient Education as Topic
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Models, Nursing
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Caregivers
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Stroke
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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