Impact of health educational program upon knowledge and practices of caregivers having acute leukemic adolescent patients

العناوين الأخرى

تأثير البرنامج التثقيفي الصحي على ممارسات و معلومات المقدمي الرعاية الذين لديهم مرضى المصابين باللوكيما الحادة

المؤلفون المشاركون

Husayn, Karim Ahmad
al-Ani, Murawwij Hashim
Hasan, Shukayr Salim

المصدر

Duhok Medical Journal

الناشر

جامعة دهوك كلية الطب

تاريخ النشر

2012-12-31

دولة النشر

العراق

عدد الصفحات

10

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص الإنجليزي

Background: Acute leukemia is a malignant hematologic disorder characterized by a proliferation of immature WBC that infiltrates the BM, peripheral blood, and other organs.

Home care is the fastest growing component of the health care, and caregivers provide and construct important emotional and physical care for a person with cancer.

Objectives: To improve knowledge and practice of caregivers having adolescent leukemic patients.

Methods: A quasi experimental study was carried out in Nanakali Hospital for Blood Disease / Erbil city from the period of 1st Nov.

2010 to 1st Nov.

2011 .

Seventy caregivers were participated in the study (35 controls and 35 study group).

Results: Most of the caregivers were mothers, their mean age was (41.7±9.176 and 40 ± 8.15) years old, the highest percentage were illiterate, coming from rural areas, living with low socioeconomic status (SES), the mean age of adolescent leukemic patients were (14.94 ± 2.950, 14.83±3.535) years old, most of the adolescent leukemic were males, and having type Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) , in the control and study groups respectively.

The result indicates that there are highly significant differences between pre-test and post-tests (1 and 2) related to caregivers’ knowledge and practices at p-value (.001, 028, 003 and .012) in the study groups respectively.

Conclusion: The study reveals to improving the knowledge and practices of caregivers having adolescent leukemic patient related to study groups after implementation of health educational program

نوع البيانات

أوراق مؤتمرات

رقم السجل

BIM-832003

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