Training Given to Caregivers of Stroke Home Care Patients.

Mustafa Kemal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational intervention based on the Precede-Proceed Model for individuals caring for stroke home care patients

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05901909

HMKU-KMY-SA-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Although stroke home care patients receive various treatments, they generally continue their lives as semi-dependent or fully dependent. Considering that stroke patients are especially elderly individuals, it is seen that they receive home health services and need a caregiver. The caregiver feels themselves under a heavy burden due to the lack of knowledge and insufficient experience. In addition, the lack of social support levels and the lack of training in patient care cause negative effects on patient outcomes.

Full description

The research will be carried out face-to-face with 70 stroke patients who receive health care from the home health services unit of a State Hospital and 70 individuals who care for these patients between July 2023 and December 2023. This study is a single-sample study with its own control group. During the implementation phase of the research, home visits will be made to the patients and training based on the Precede-Proceed model will be given to the individuals who care for the patients in the meeting room of the hospital where the research will be conducted. The collection of research data will take place in three stages. In the research, pre-education evaluation will be collected at the hospital before the training for the caregivers and home visits for the patients. In the second stage, the training program planned for the caregivers will be implemented in the meeting room of the hospital. After the training program reaches all of the caregivers in the determined number, the first evaluation will be made for the caregivers and the patient in the 8th week after the training is over. The third stage is the 16th week after the completion of the training, and the final evaluation will be made for the patients and caregivers. In the study, data will be collected using the individual caregiver personal information form, the caregiver response rating scale and the multidimensional perceived social support scale, and the patient personal information form for the patients. Statistical significance level will be accepted as p<0.05.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals who care for semi-dependent or fully dependent stroke home care patients who agree to participate in the study,
• No communication problems,
• Do not have any psychiatric disorders that will reduce the ability to comprehend and understand,
• Caregivers over the age of 18.
• Semi-dependent or fully dependent stroke home care patients,
• Adult patients,
• Patients whose legal guardians or who have agreed to participate in the research themselves,

Exclusion criteria

• The refusal of caregivers or patients to participate in the study,
• The caregiver ceases to provide care or the patient dies during the research,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

stroke home care patient

No Intervention group

Description:

Before applying the education program based on the Precede-Proceed Model to 70 individuals who care for stroke home care patients, the evaluation of the patients will be made with home visits. After the training is given to the caregivers, the first evaluation will be made at the 8th week in order to determine the change in patient results after the training is completed. In the 16th week after the completion of the training, a final evaluation will be made with home visits to determine the change in patient results.

Individuals caring for stroke home care patients

Experimental group

Description:

Before the training program based on the Precede-Proceed Model is applied to the 70 individuals who care for stroke home care patients, the evaluation of the caregivers will be made in the hospital meeting room. After the training is given to the caregivers, the first evaluation will be made at the 8th week in order to determine the changes in their caregiving reactions and social support perceptions after the training is completed. In the 16th week after the completion of the training, a final evaluation will be made in the hospital meeting room in order to determine the changes in caregiver reactions and social support perceptions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational intervention based on the Precede-Proceed Model for individuals caring for stroke home care patients