Abstract:
This quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design aimed to compare infection prevention behaviors (medication administration, infection control, and infection surveillance) between the family caregivers of preschool-age children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the experimental group and the control group. This nursing program is based on the Self-Care Deficit theory, to enable dependent care agencies regarding infection prevention behaviors of family caregivers. The dependent care agency consisted of the ability to acquired knowledge, ability to make a decision, and ability to perform infection prevention behaviors. The sample was 45 family caregivers of preschool age children with ALL, 23 were an experimental group and 22 were a control group. The family caregivers have been evaluated for infection prevention behaviors on the first day and 12th day of study using the Infection Prevention Behaviors Questionnaires (IPBQ).
The finding revealed that the mean difference scores of infection prevention behaviors in the experimental group had significantly higher than those in the control group (p < 0.05).This result indicated the effectiveness of the Self-Care Deficit theory application’s nursing intervention in enhancing infection prevention behaviors in family caregivers of preschool age with ALL.
