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Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Background: The neurosurgical patients require special care not only during the hospital stay but also in the home after discharge. Long-term care at home is provided by the caregivers of the patients at their home. Caregivers are referred to as “secondary patients,” who face lot of difficulties while they care for the neurosurgical patients at home.. Aim: The present study aims to assess the effectiveness of nurse-led rehabilitation package on knowledge and skill regarding homecare management among caregivers of neurosurgical patients at selected hospital, Chennai. Method: The research approach was quantitative in nature and Pre-experimental one group pre and post-test design and post-test only design was used. The study was conducted among 60 caregivers of neurosurgical patients at selected hospital, Chennai. The samples were selected by non- probability purposive sampling technique. Interview schedule consists of semi-structured items to collect the demographic data. Structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge and checklist to assess the skill of caregivers Results: The study findings revealed that the mean score of preintervention knowledge was 64.0 with a standard deviation of 13.270. Whereas, in postintervention, the mean score was 80.50 with a standard deviation of 9.509. There was a statistically significant difference between pre and postinterventional level of knowledge at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: Results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between pre and postinterventional level of knowledge at 5% level of significance. There was a high, positive and significant correlation between postinterventional knowledge and skill on homecare management among caregivers at 1% level of significance. The study findings showed that nurse-led rehabilitation package on homecare management was effective in improving the knowledge and skill among caregivers of neurosurgical patients.

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