Effect of Teaching Programme regarding Home Care on Knowledge and Practice of Informal Caregivers of CVA Patients in a Selected Hospital in Dehradun (Uttarakhand).

Objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of a teaching programme regarding home care of CVA patients on knowledge and pratice ofinformal caregivers, to find association between pre-test knowledge and practice scores ofinformal caregivers with their selected demographic variables, and to find correlation between post-test knowledge score and post-test practice score of informal caregivers of CVA patients. Quantitative research approach and pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design was adopted. Total sample were 45 informal caregivers of CVA patients; purposive sampling technique was used. The findings showed the mean of pre-test knowl- edge score of 13.24 and mean of post-test knowledge score as 25.96 with calculated 't' value 28.96, which was more than tabulated 't' value at p<0. 05 level. Mean ofpre-test practice score was 8.82 and mean of post-test practice score was 20.47 with calculated 't' value 34.75, which was more than tabulated 't' value at p<O.05 level. Therefore it was interpreted that the increase in knowledge and practice score was due to the teaching programme provided as an intervention. Thus, the teaching programme regarding home care of CVA patients was found effective in increasing knowledge and practice of informal caregivers.