Effect of a Health Education Program for Caregivers Having Children with Thalassemia on Their Burnouts

Background Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder causes major physical and psychological problems for children leading to caregivers' burnout.Purpose: To evaluate effect of a health Education program for caregivers having children with thalassemia on their burnouts.Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct this study.Setting: The study was carried out at hematology outpatient clinic in Mustafa Hassan University Hospital for pediatric, Al-Fayoum.Sampling:A purposive sample of 116 caregivers was used to achieve the purpose of the study.Instruments: Two instruments were used for data collection in the present study (knowledge about thalassemia structured interviewing questionnaire and caregivers` burnout instrument for thalassemia): Results: The findings revealed that there was an improvement in total knowledge, attitude, reported practice and reduced burnout as (8.6% Vs 82.7%), (13.8% Vs 87.9%), (15.5% Vs 87.1%) and (74.2% Vs 10.3%) respectively versus posttest.Conclusion: Health educational program about caring for children with thalassemia, improving knowledge, attitude, practices and reduce burnout.