title: [Effects of education on knowledge and practice of caregivers of the stroke patient].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gyeongsang National University Hospital.
authors.forename: Jae Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Young Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: In Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: 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*