J Korean Acad Nurs.  2006 Dec;36(7):1175-1182.

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

• Choi JS
• Seo YM
• Kwon IS

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.

Keyword

Education; Knowledge and practice of caregiving; Stroke patient; Caregiver

MeSH Terms

Adult
Caregivers/*education
Family
Female
*Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Nursing
Patient Education as Topic
Program Evaluation
Stroke/*therapy