The Effects of Family Empowerment Program on Knowledge and Skill in Caring of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
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Objective: To study the effect of family empowerment program on knowledge and skills in caring for patients with coronary heart disease.
Design: quasi-experimental research.
Methods: The sample was the primary caregivers in the family of coronary heart disease patients in the Buriram district. The sample was purposively selected by inclusion criteria, were matched pair, then, equally randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group with 21 subjects in each group. The experimental group was received family empowerment program for 4 week. The experimental instrument was the family empowerment program developed by researcher based on Hulme’s family empowerment concept. Data were collected using the cardiovascular care knowledge assessment and the self-efficacy perception assessment. The coefficient of alpha Cronbach was .96. Data were analyzed by using t-test statistic.
Findings: The experimental group receiving the family empowerment program had the knowledge mean score of coronary heart disease patient care, and the self-efficacy perception towards the care of coronary heart disease patients was significantly higher than the control group at the .001 level.
Conclusion: This research shows that family empowerment programs. It will help strengthen the capacity of caregivers to be able to care for their patients more effectively.
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