The effectiveness of video-assisted teaching on home care management among care givers of patients with Parkinson's disease.

Background: Parkinson's disease is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Knowledge plays a vital role in providing optimal care based on the different needs of a person with Parkinson's disease. Care givers are the primary care providers at home. Technological advances help the transition of care back to the home. Video-assisted teaching is an effective method, which improves the knowledge. Objective: The objective of the present study is to develop video-assisted teaching on home care management and to assess its effectiveness on the knowledge of the care givers and also to assess the patients' satisfaction regarding the care given by the care givers after delivering video-assisted teaching. Methods: Preexperimental one group; pretest--posttest design. The study was done on patients with PD and their care givers from a movement disorder clinic/neurology OPD of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India over the period September 2020--December 2020. The tools used for data collection were a self-structured knowledge questionnaire for care givers and a satisfaction scale for patients. Both tools were validated and found reliable. The video on home care management was locally developed and validated by subject experts. One-to-one video-assisted teaching was given by the nursing professional. Results: We included 45 patients and 45 corresponding care givers. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. In total, 47% of the care givers belong to the age group of 21--40 years, and 64% of the patients were in the age group of more than 60 years. Care givers knowledge scores improved from baseline (12.77 + 4.51) to (26.57 + 2.38, P < 0.001) immediately after intervention and 1 month after intervention (23.64 + 2.31, P < 0.001). Care givers demonstrate that variables did not correlate with knowledge. Patients significant improved from baseline (23.08 + 5.81) to (40.49 + 3.33, P < 0.001) after 1 month. Conclusion: The video-assisted teaching module on home care management improved the knowledge of care givers and enhanced the satisfaction of patients with Parkinson's disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]