A study on the effectiveness of a patients manual in increasing knowledge of CVD patients or caretakers regarding basic preventive care

Date of Completion

1994

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Cardiovascular Diseases, Preventive Medicine, Health Education

Abstract

A highly structured patient education program is vary important in preventive rehabilitation. However, there is no known effective medium of instructions designed for stroke patients and their caretakers. For this matter a study was conducted to determine the knowledge of CVD patients/caretakers regarding basic preventive care. A manual containing basic knowledge on stroke was developed and two sets of questionnaires were formed based from the manual. There were a total of 30 subjects from four affiliation centers who were given a test before and after reading the manual. Results of the study showed that the respondents got higher scores. However, it could only be considered significant if it met the present standard that each questions should be answered correctly by at least equal to or greater than 90% of the respondents in the post test. Unfortunately, only 38.46% of the questions not greater than 90% correct answers. Based on the result of study, the manual should be revised on the areas. Based on the result of study, the manual should be revised on the areas where the respondents scored poorly. More emphasis on the education on symptoms, risk factor and complications such as pressure sore and peripheral vascular disease. Result also showed that there is an increase in over all post-test scores with increasing level of education. This suggest that the manual imposes some difficulty to respondents with low level of education. Studies that will improve the manual, modify the questionnaire and studies that will include more population is recommended.

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