[Effects of education on knowledge and practice of caregivers of the stroke patient].
OBJECTIVE
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of stroke patient care education on the knowledge and practice of caregivers of stroke patients.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Choi
Jae Sun
JS
Gyeongsang National University Hospital.
Seo
Young Mi
YM
Kwon
In Soo
IS
D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy*