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Revista Cubana de Enfermería

Print version ISSN 0864-0319On-line version ISSN 1561-2961

Abstract

ROMERO GUEVARA, Sandra Lucrecia; SANABRIA ESTUPINAN, Jenny Paola  and  RUEDA DIAZ, Leidy Johanna. Effectiveness of the nursing interventions by means of a program for home care. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.1, pp.20-30. ISSN 0864-0319.

The objective of present study was to assess the effectiveness of nursing interventions in persons presenting with a chronic disease and their carers according to the Training and Support Program for Home Care. Present study was quasi-experimental. The following labels were assessed: Knowledge result: disease course, Knowledge: therapeutic regimen, Training of family carer at home, Wellbeing of main carer. The participants were randomized to three groups. The first group received training related to discharge, the second one received training for the discharge and telephone intervention and the third one received also of above mentioned trainings, a visit in its home. After intervention there were differences of 0.55 and 0.20 in the final CRE of the Knowledge label of Disease Course of the persons of second and third group, respectively. We found that the nursing interventions applied by means of the program are effective for the persons presenting with a chronic diseases and their family carers.

Keywords : Family carer; training for discharge; home visit; telephone call; chronic disease.

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