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Effects of Education on Knowledge and Practice of Caregivers of the Stroke Patient  

Choi, Jae-Sun (Gyeongsang National University Hospital)
Seo, Young-Mi (Department of Nursing, Chinju Health College)
Kwon, In-Soo (College of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.36, no.7, 2006 , pp. 1175-1182 More about this Journal
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=0.00) 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 study shows a significant promotion of knowledge and practice of caregivers. Thus this program can be recommanded as an intervention model for stroke patients and caregivers.
Keywords
Education; Knowledge and practice of caregiving; Stroke patient; Caregiver;
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