KMID : 0806120060360071175
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´ëÇÑ°£È£ÇÐȸÁö 2006 Volume.36 No. 7 p.1175 ~ p.1182
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Effects of Education on Knowledge and Practice of Caregivers of the Stroke Patient
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Choi Jae-Sun
Seo Yeong-Mi Kwon In-Soo
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Education, Knowledge and practice of caregiving, Stroke patient, Caregiver
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