• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.421-431
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to develop a diaper hygienic care education program for caregivers and to investigate the effects of the diaper hygienic care knowledge and performance ability on diaper hygienic care. A quasi-experimental research with nonequivalent control group pretest-post test design was conducted. The subjects for the study 50 caregivers working in long-term care facilities in Y-gun, Chungcheongnam-do were selected from the 25 experimental group and the 25 control group. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS Window 22 version. diaper hygienic care education program consisted of 4 sessions in total. According to results of the education program, the diaper hygienic care knowledge increased after the post-test($M{\pm}SD=4.88{\pm}0.23$) compared to the pre-test score($M{\pm}SD=4.64{\pm}0.23$), but not be statistically significant between the two groups(t = 1.253, p = .216). The performance ability of diaper hygienic care was significantly increased ($M{\pm}SD=2.89{\pm}0.15$) compared to the pre - score($M{\pm}SD=1.86{\pm}0.18$) and there was a statistically significant difference(t = 12.694, p =. 001). Thus, the developed diaper hygienic care education program is expected to contribute to improve nursing hygienic care ability of nursing caregivers.