title: Evaluation of a caregiver education program: home oxygen therapy for infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured education program for increasing caregiver knowledge of infants discharged on home oxygen therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study used a one-group pretest-posttest design with recruitment of subjects between May 1988 and May 1989.
  
  
  METHODS
  All subjects were primary caregivers of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia who were discharged from a tertiary-care center. Eighteen caregivers of 10 infants entered and completed the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The education program included a booklet, videotape, and practical session. A pretest was administered immediately before the caregiver entered the program, and a posttest was administered immediately after caregiver completion of the program. A delayed posttest was administered 6 weeks after the infant's discharge from the hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The difference between the mean scores on the pretest and posttest.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Posttest scores were significantly higher than pretest scores (t = 4.22; p < .01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores was due to the education program. The effects of history and maturation on posttest scores were minimal.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sauve
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000628:therapy; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*