: Effectiveness of information Provision Using Video Media on Family Competency in Postoperative care of Senile Cataracts Patient

Abstract

Post-operative care for senile cataract patients provided by family members is important to surgical results. This quasi-experiment, concurrent before-and-after with control aimed to evaluate knowledge and practice between using video media and conventional training methods. Of the total 60 participants, 30 were assigned to video media group and 30 were assigned date of surgery to conventional training group. Knowledge before and after training were tested with a standardized questionnaire. Competencies of eye care were evaluated and scoring by nurses who did not know training methods of participants.
We found that while knowledge gain after training was higher in conventional group (0.03 in video media group vs 1.10 in conventional group, p=0.003), eye care competency scores were higher in video media group (25.43 vs 23.76, p=0.002). We concluded that video media should be added to conventional training to caregivers after cataract surgery