Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)

Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing (한국지역사회간호학회)
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The Effectiveness of Dementia Education for the Nursing Method of Family Caregivers of the Demented Elderly

치매노인 가족부양자의 간호방법에 대한 치매교육의 효과

  • Yoo, Kwang Soo (College of Nursing.Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • So, Eun Sun (College of Nursing.Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University)
  • 유광수 (전북대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소) ;
  • 소은선 (전북대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2013.12.02
  • Accepted : 2014.05.08
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study attempted to identify the effectiveness and substantiality of a dementia education program for family caregivers of the demented elderly. Methods: This quasi-experimental study using a nonequivalent control pretest-posttest design was carried out from April 15 to July 29 in 2012 with 137 subjects divided into an experimental group (n=70) and a control group (n=67). This study examined the subjects' general characteristics, and evaluated their nursing method four times, respectively, before the intervention, right after the intervention, and 2 and 4 weeks after the intervention, and then analyzed collected data through t-test and $x^2$-test. Results: In the experimental group that had received the dementia education, the nursing method score was significantly higher right after the intervention (t=8.33, p<.001) and 2 weeks after the intervention (t=8.01, p<.001) than before the intervention, but their score 4 weeks after the intervention was not significantly different from that of the control group (t=1.08, p=.28). Conclusion: The dementia education was found to be effective in improving the nursing method of family caregivers of the demented elderly. This study implies that further follow-up dementia education is necessary between 2 and 4 weeks to maintain the effectiveness.

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