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Sigurdardottir AK, Benediktsson R, Jonsdottir H. Instruments to tailor care of people with type 2 diabetes. J Adv Nurs 2009; 65:2118-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Royer HR, Phelan CH, Heidrich SM. Older breast cancer survivors' symptom beliefs. Oncol Nurs Forum 2009; 36:463-70. [PMID: 19581237 DOI: 10.1188/09.onf.463-470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To use Leventhal's Common Sense Model (CSM) to describe older breast cancer survivors' symptom representations, symptom management strategies, and perceived barriers to symptom management. DESIGN A secondary analysis was conducted using data from three pilot studies that tested a theory-based intervention to improve symptom management in older breast cancer survivors. SETTING Advanced practice nurses conducted open-ended interviews with older breast cancer survivors either in their homes or via telephone. SAMPLE Participants were recruited from the community, an oncology clinic, and a state tumor registry. The women (N = 61, X age = 69.5) were an average of 4.7 years after breast cancer diagnosis and reported an average of 17 symptoms. METHODS Content analysis was conducted with field notes taken during baseline interviews. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES Symptom representations, symptom management strategies, and perceived barriers to symptom management. FINDINGS Women described their symptoms as chronic, incurable, and uncontrollable, with multiple causes (usually not aging) and numerous negative consequences. Women described an average of six symptom management strategies, most typically self-care. The most frequent barrier to symptom management was communicating with healthcare providers. CONCLUSIONS The CSM is a useful framework for understanding the symptom beliefs of older breast cancer survivors. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING Addressing women's beliefs and barriers may result in better communication with healthcare providers and more effective interventions for symptom management.
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The driving and restraining forces that promote and impede the implementation of individualised nursing care: a literature review. Int J Nurs Stud 2009; 46:1637-49. [PMID: 19555955 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2008] [Revised: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 05/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite substantial attention devoted to the development of individualised care in recent years, there is a lack of coherent information and empirical research assessing the driving and restraining forces that promote and impede its implementation. OBJECTIVES The aim of this integrative literature review is to describe the driving and restraining forces for the implementation of individualised nursing care from the nurse's point of view. This information is useful for the development of clinical nursing care and in identifying areas for future research. DESIGN An integrative literature review. DATA SOURCES An integrative analysis of empirical studies and reviews derived from the MEDLINE, CINAHL databases and EMB Reviews - The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (individual* care & nurse, from earliest through April 2008) was conducted focusing on studies which used nurses as informants. The final sample of 43 articles published in English focusing on the individualised care of adult patients from the nurse's point of view was retrieved after a two-stage process. REVIEW METHODS The integrative analysis of the studies included three steps. Firstly, the full texts of the final eligible studies were read. Secondly, the driving and restraining forces, that respectively promote or impede the delivery of individualised care were identified and listed in a working sheet. A total of nine categories were identified. Thirdly, a working sheet was completed summarising the information found in the studies reviewed and listing the authors. RESULTS Nine categories describing both driving and restraining forces for individualised nursing care were identified: (1) nurse's personal characteristics, (2) skills enhancement, (3) ethical issues, (4) nursing care delivery and interventions, (5) patient characteristics, (6) organisation of work, (7) staffing, (8) team work and group dynamics, and (9) leadership and management. CONCLUSIONS A body of knowledge was identified for future research. The results inform both clinical practice and education and promote better use of the nursing work force in order to provide individualised care for patients and maximise good patient outcomes.
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Sebern M, Riegel B. Contributions of Supportive Relationships to Heart Failure Self-Care. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2009; 8:97-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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An essential characteristic of advanced practice nurses is the use of theory in practice. Clinical nurse specialists apply theory in providing or directing patient care, in their work as consultants to staff nurses, and as leaders influencing and facilitating system change. Knowledge of technology and pharmacology has far outpaced knowledge of how to facilitate health behavior change, and new theories are needed to better understand how practitioners can facilitate health behavior change. In this article, the Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change is described, and an example of its use as foundation to intervention development is presented. The Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change suggests that health behavior change can be enhanced by fostering knowledge and beliefs, increasing self-regulation skills and abilities, and enhancing social facilitation. Engagement in self-management behaviors is seen as the proximal outcome influencing the long-term distal outcome of improved health status. Person-centered interventions are directed to increasing knowledge and beliefs, self-regulation skills and abilities, and social facilitation. Using a theoretical framework improves clinical nurse specialist practice by focusing assessments, directing the use of best-practice interventions, and improving patient outcomes. Using theory fosters improved communication with other disciplines and enhances the management of complex clinical conditions by providing holistic, comprehensive care.
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- Polly Ryan
- Self-management Science Center, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Froedtert Hospital, USA.
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Radwin LE, Cabral HJ, Wilkes G. Relationships between patient-centered cancer nursing interventions and desired health outcomes in the context of the health care system. Res Nurs Health 2009; 32:4-17. [DOI: 10.1002/nur.20302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lang NM. The promise of simultaneous transformation of practice and research with the use of clinical information systems. Nurs Outlook 2009; 56:232-6. [PMID: 18922275 DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The author builds a case that the design and use of intelligent information systems in real-time practice holds the promise of simultaneously transforming practice and research. Requirements include the identification of actionable knowledge that can be embedded in clinical decision support and electronic documentation systems, the creation of clinical data repositories, and a data warehouse from which analyses can be conducted across multiple settings. An innovative project, the Knowledge-Based Nursing Initiative, is briefly described as illustrative of these requirements.
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- Norma M Lang
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
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Lutz BJ, Kneipp S, Means D. Developing a health screening questionnaire for women in welfare transition programs in the United States. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2009; 19:105-115. [PMID: 18997152 DOI: 10.1177/1049732308327347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Women in United States Welfare Transition Programs (WTPs) have high rates of chronic health problems that might present significant barriers to obtaining and/or maintaining employment. Inadequate, standardized health screening in WTPs across the United States contributes to the problem of achieving self-sufficiency for disadvantaged women. Using community-based participatory research as a framework, the study's purpose was to develop a culturally relevant and sensitive health screening questionnaire that would be acceptable for use with women enrolled in WTPs. Three rounds of focus groups (n = 10) were conducted with a total of 61 women. Analysis of focus group interviews revealed not only content areas identified as important to health, but critical process issues involved in administering the tool. The distinction between process and content was a critical finding because it stressed the importance of not only what women were asked, but how, when, and by whom they were asked.
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- Barbara J Lutz
- College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Some thoughts on the hazards of sloppy science when designing and testing multicomponent interventions, including the kitchen sink phenomenon. Res Nurs Health 2008; 32:1-3. [DOI: 10.1002/nur.20307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fitzgerald Miller J, Piacentine LB, Weiss M. Coping Difficulties After Hospitalization. Clin Nurs Res 2008; 17:278-96. [DOI: 10.1177/1054773808325226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Coping difficulties of 113 adults 3 weeks after hospital discharge were identified using the Post-Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale and a brief focused telephone interview (11-item guide). Overall, low difficulty scores were reported ( M = 23.9, SD = 18.2, range = 0 to 100). Qualitative data reveal specific coping difficulties in the categories of stressors, specific difficulties, caring for self, managing the condition, family, advice needed, contact with the health care system, and what they wished they knew before discharge. A core theme of biographical reconstruction emerged.
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- Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee,
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Fyffe DC, Brown EL, Sirey JA, Hill EG, Bruce ML. Older home-care patients' preferred approaches to depression care: a pilot study. J Gerontol Nurs 2008; 34:17-22. [PMID: 18714602 DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20080801-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the approaches to depression care preferred by older home-care patients and examine characteristics associated with those preferences. Twenty-eight long-term home-care patients, ages 62 to 95, were interviewed. Patients ranked their depression care preferences and provided rationale for their responses. Results indicated prayer was preferred by the highest percentage of patients (50%). Comparing patients with and without depression experience, prayer was preferred by the latter group. The results highlight the importance of addressing patient preferences during care planning to improve participation in geriatric depression care management.
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- Denise C Fyffe
- Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 65 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07107-3001, USA.
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Grosch K, Medvene L, Wolcott H. Person-Centered Caregiving Instruction for Geriatric Nursing Assistant Students: Development and Evaluation. J Gerontol Nurs 2008; 34:23-31; quiz 32-3. [PMID: 18714603 DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20080801-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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White DL, Newton-Curtis L, Lyons KS. Development and Initial Testing of a Measure of Person-Directed Care. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2008; 48 Spec No 1:114-23. [DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.supplement_1.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Suhonen R, Välimäki M, Leino-Kilpi H. A review of outcomes of individualised nursing interventions on adult patients. J Clin Nurs 2008; 17:843-60. [PMID: 18321285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This review describes the outcomes of individualised nursing interventions on adult patients. Background. Although the delivery of individualised nursing interventions is important there is limited evidence about how these interventions enhance patient outcomes. METHODS A computerised search was undertaken using the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsycINFO. The selection criteria chosen were: reports of individualised nursing interventions focusing on adult patients in a variety of health care settings and using experimental designs. These involved randomised controlled trials, clinical controlled trials and pre- and posttest controlled studies. After a four-stage inclusion strategy 31 documents were accepted for the review. RESULTS The studies were mostly focused in preventative arenas such as health promotion and counselling. Others were care of older people in the community and in hospital and patients with chronic diseases. Over half of the nursing interventions (58%) involved educational or counselling activities which seem to be more effective than ordinary, standardised or routine education and counselling. Overall, 81% of the studies reported a positive impact of individualised interventions on patient outcomes showing that there is evidence, though limited, that individualised interventions can produce positive patient outcomes. CONCLUSIONS There is sufficient evidence, especially in specific areas such as patient education and counselling, to acknowledge that individualised interventions are superior to non-individualised interventions. Evidence for this effect within clinical nursing interventions on patient outcomes was limited by the scarcity of research in this area. There is a need for additional intervention studies to determine the effect of individualised interventions in a wide variety of contexts. Relevance to clinical practice. Experience of health is individual. Therefore, nursing interventions should also be individualised to each patient. These findings show some promise that individualised interventions may be useful in delivering positive patient outcomes.
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Boltz M, Capezuti E, Bowar-Ferres S, Norman R, Secic M, Kim H, Fairchild S, Mezey M, Fulmer T. Changes in the Geriatric Care Environment Associated with NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for HealthSystem Elders). Geriatr Nurs 2008; 29:176-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 01/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sebern MD, Whitlatch CJ. Dyadic relationship scale: a measure of the impact of the provision and receipt of family care. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2008; 47:741-51. [PMID: 18192628 DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.6.741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Dyadic Relationship Scale (DRS), which measures negative and positive dyadic interactions from the perspective of both the patient and the family caregiver. An important aspect of evaluating the DRS was that it be statistically sound and meaningful for both members of the dyad. DESIGN AND METHODS The study used a cross-sectional design. Survey packages were mailed to home health care patients and their family caregivers. The unit of analysis was the dyad, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. We examined the reliability, discriminant, and concurrent validities of the instrument. RESULTS The data supported a two-factor DRS that included negative dyadic strain (patient alpha =.84; caregiver alpha =.89) and positive dyadic interaction (patient alpha =.86; caregiver alpha =.85). The analysis supported the DRS's construct, discriminant, and concurrent validity, as well as its reliability for both patients and family caregivers. IMPLICATIONS Using the DRS to measure the impact of family care on positive and negative interactions inclusive of patients and caregivers can assist in identifying areas of difficulty and guide interventions to improve outcomes for both members of the dyad.
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- Margaret D Sebern
- College of Nursing, Marquette University, Clark Hall, Room 351, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
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Lauver DR, Worawong C, Olsen C. Health goals among primary care patients. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS 2008; 20:144-54. [PMID: 18336691 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00296.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To identify individuals' health goals and describe their preferences in attaining those goals and to explore associations of type of goals with individual characteristics. DATA SOURCES In a descriptive study, 60 adult patients from primary care clinics completed written questionnaires anonymously. Content analyses and frequencies were used to summarize data. CONCLUSIONS Health promotion interventions could be more effective if they were customized, in part, to individuals' health goals. There are few evidence-based descriptions of individuals' own health goals and their preferences in how to pursue them. Participants in this study shared common goals to get in shape, lose weight, and change consumption. Participants preferred to meet initially with practitioners to obtain advice and to connect subsequently by telephone for monitoring. IMPLICATIONS Participants did want to improve their health. More specific understanding of such goals and preferences is needed to guide future interventions. Findings can inform clinicians and guide researchers in how to design health behavior interventions.
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- Diane Ruth Lauver
- University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, Wisconsin 53792-2455, USA.
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Leeman J, Skelly AH, Burns D, Carlson J, Soward A. Tailoring a diabetes self-care intervention for use with older, rural African American women. THE DIABETES EDUCATOR 2008; 34:310-7. [PMID: 18375780 DOI: 10.1177/0145721708316623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to tailor a diabetes management intervention to the cultural and age-related needs and preferences of older, rural African American women. METHODS Findings from exploratory research, clinical experience, and review of the literature were used to inform the development of a culture- and function-specific intervention. Findings informed the design of the intervention, format of intervention delivery, format of intervention materials, and training provided to interventionists. Intervention materials were reviewed by a community advisory board, and the intervention was pilot tested with 43 women. RESULTS The intervention's delivery was tailored to the needs of older African American women through the use of 1-hour, in-home sessions that used a storytelling format to share information. The design of the intervention individualized its content to each woman's symptom experience, self-care practices, and coping strategies. Extensive training sensitized intervention nurses to coping strategies (spirituality, church, family) and barriers to self-care (functional limitations, stress, the multi-caregiver role) that are common among older African American women. Intervention materials were culturally sensitive and in large-print format. CONCLUSIONS African American women's cultural background may have a strong influence on health behaviors and beliefs. Older women's health behaviors are further influenced by changes in their functional abilities. Therefore, the authors tailored a diabetes self-care management intervention to be specific to older African American women's cultural and functional differences. An initial pilot of the intervention found high levels of participant satisfaction with the intervention, improvements in diabetes self-care practices, and a trend toward greater metabolic control.
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- Jennifer Leeman
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Funded through grant R01 NR008582 from the National Institute of Nursing Research to the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Funded through grant R01 NR008582 from the National Institute of Nursing Research to the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Funded through grant R01 NR008582 from the National Institute of Nursing Research to the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Funded through grant R01 NR008582 from the National Institute of Nursing Research to the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Funded through grant R01 NR008582 from the National Institute of Nursing Research to the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Bergvik S, Wynn R, Sørlie T. Nurse training of a patient-centered information procedure for CABG patients. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2008; 70:227-233. [PMID: 18078733 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 10/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE At the study hospital, all elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients were given similar, standardized information by the nurses. The nurses reported problems in establishing contact and interacting with patients when using this approach. To help remedy communication problems between nurses and CABG patients, a programme training nurses in a patient-centred information procedure was developed and implemented. This article describes how challenging interactions were recorded and analysed for training nurses in the patient-centred approach. METHOD In group training for patient-centeredness, nurses presented audio-recordings of nurse-patient interactions they found problematic. These were used as a basis for discussions and training in the patient-centered approach. A set of cases was developed using a qualitative phenomenological approach, illustrating how the patient-centered approach could be applied to the difficult situations. RESULTS The nurses found the patient-centered approach particularly useful in situations when patients frequently asked questions, seemed to have difficulties expressing their worries, frequently complained, or when spouses expressed worries. CONCLUSION Nurses found the patient-centered approach and the training procedure used in this study useful in their clinical work with CABG patients. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS This training which requires minimal resources and can be easily implemented, may guide the nurses in their interaction with patients. Providing a patient-centered approach to the CABG patients may enhance the nurse-patient contact and improve patients' hospital experience and subjective health.
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- Svein Bergvik
- Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway.
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Donovan HS, Ward SE, Song MK, Heidrich SM, Gunnarsdottir S, Phillips CM. An update on the representational approach to patient education. J Nurs Scholarsh 2007; 39:259-65. [PMID: 17760800 PMCID: PMC2526460 DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE To provide an update on the representational approach to patient education. ORGANIZING CONSTRUCT The representational approach to patient education to guide a wide-range of educational interventions. METHODS Four intervention trials based on the representational approach are discussed: the representational intervention to decrease cancer pain (RIDcancerPain), patient-centered advance care planning (PC-ACP), an individualized representational intervention to improve symptom management (IRIS), and the written representational intervention to ease symptoms (WRITE symptoms). RESULTS Findings from these trials show that interventions based on the representational approach are efficacious. Results of these trials have provided information for strengthening the approach and extending it to novel clinical problems and delivery modes. CONCLUSIONS The representational approach to patient education appears to be adequately flexible to guide interventions in different patient care situations, while also sufficiently structured to be replicable and testable.
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- Heidi Scharf Donovan
- University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Department of Acute & Tertiary Care, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Berg A, Suhonen R, Idvall E. A survey of orthopaedic patients’ assessment of care using the Individualised Care Scale. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joon.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sigurdardottir AK, Jonsdottir H, Benediktsson R. Outcomes of educational interventions in type 2 diabetes: WEKA data-mining analysis. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2007; 67:21-31. [PMID: 17420109 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2006] [Revised: 03/04/2007] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze which factors contribute to improvement in glycemic control in educational interventions in type 2 diabetes reported in randomized controlled trials (RCT) published in 2001-2005. METHODS Papers were extracted from Medline and Scopus using educational intervention and adults with type 2 diabetes as keywords. Inclusion criteria were RCT design. Data were analyzed with a data-mining program. RESULTS Of 464 titles extracted, 21 articles reporting 18 studies met the inclusion criteria. Data mining showed that for initial glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level < or = 7.9% the diabetes education intervention achieved a small change in HbA1c level, or from +0.1 to -0.7%. For initial HbA1c > or = 8.0%, a significant drop in HbA1c level of 0.8-2.5% was found. Data mining indicated that duration, educational content and intensity of education did not predict changes in HbA1c levels. CONCLUSION Initial HbA1c level is the single most important factor affecting improvements in glycemic control in response to patient education. Data mining is an appropriate and sufficiently sensitive method to analyze outcomes of educational interventions. Diversity in conceptualization of interventions and diversity of instruments used for outcome measurements could have hampered actual discovery of effective educational practices. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Participation in educational interventions generally seems to benefit people with type 2 diabetes. Use of standardized instruments is encouraged as it gives better opportunities to identify conclusive results with consequent development of clinical guidelines.
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Suhonen R, Schmidt LA, Radwin L. Measuring individualized nursing care: assessment of reliability and validity of three scales. J Adv Nurs 2007; 59:77-85. [PMID: 17537199 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04282.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM This paper is a report of a study to assess the reliability and convergent validity of three measures of nursing care individualization. BACKGROUND Individualized care is a key element of nursing care quality, yet little is known about the extent to which it is implemented, its effects, and the factors that help or hinder nurses in giving individualized care. Therefore reliable and valid instruments are needed to measure individualized nursing care. METHOD A cross-sectional correlational survey design was used. The purposive sample consisted of 861 patients from six hospitals in Finland (response rate 82%). Data were collected in 2004. The Individualized Care Scale was administered simultaneously with translated versions of the Schmidt's Perceptions of Nursing Care Survey and the Oncology Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale. Internal consistency reliability and convergent validity were assessed for each scale. FINDINGS Evidence for convergent validity was identified between the Individualized Care Scale (part A/B), the Individualization subscale (r = 0.64 with Part A, r = 0.66 with part B) and the Seeing the Individual Patient subscale (r = 0.68 with part A, r = 0.71 with part B). Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.97 for the Individualized Care Scale, 0.82 for Seeing the Individual Patient and 0.87 for the Individualization subscale. CONCLUSION Data provided preliminary evidence for the convergent validity of the individualized care scales, as well as acceptable internal consistency reliability for each scale. These scales represent useful measures for assessing patients' perceptions of the individualization of nursing care received.
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Kovach CR, Cashin JR, Sauer L. Deconstruction of a complex tailored intervention to assess and treat discomfort of people with advanced dementia. J Adv Nurs 2007; 55:678-88. [PMID: 16925616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03968.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIM This paper describes the use of components of the Serial Trial Intervention (STI), which is designed to address problems of physical and affective discomfort in people with late-stage dementia. BACKGROUND Nursing intervention studies frequently test the efficacy of tailored interventions that contain multidimensional assessment and diverse treatment components. Describing differences in the intervention as planned in the research design and as delivered under study conditions increases understanding of what really contributed to outcomes achievement, Type III error and improves the validity of conclusions regarding intervention effectiveness. METHOD Data from 57 participants in the treatment arm of a randomized experiment testing the intervention are used to describe the assessments and treatments actually delivered, to evaluate the effectiveness of specific components, and to compare differences between those receiving and not receiving the intervention. DISCUSSION While targeted treatment in response to positive physical assessment was effective for 86% of those receiving treatment, 70% of participants with a positive assessment finding did not receive treatment during this step of the STI. Trials of non-pharmacological treatments were effective for 62% and trials of analgesics were effective for 75% of participants. Those treated at the not-for-profit facilities received a higher dose of the intervention and had statistically significant less discomfort after treatment than those at for-profit facilities (effect size of 0.963). CONCLUSION Components of the STI were effective for many participants and this supports the use of a multidimensional approach to resolve the unmet needs of people with dementia who no longer communicate their needs through spoken language. Treating the intervention as both a categorical and continuous variable in experimental studies allows the effect of group assignment as well as dosage delivered to be examined.
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- Christine R Kovach
- College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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Pearce PF, Williamson J, Harrell JS, Wildemuth BM, Solomon P. The Children's Computerized Physical Activity Reporter. Comput Inform Nurs 2007; 25:93-105. [PMID: 17356331 DOI: 10.1097/01.ncn.0000263979.54048.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The objectives of this three-phased study were to design and evaluate the usability of a computerized questionnaire, The Children's Computerized Physical Activity Reporter, designed with and for middle school children's self-report of physical activity. Study design was qualitative, descriptive, and collaborative, framed in a usability engineering model, with 22 participating children (grades 6-8; mean age, 12.5 years; range, 11-15 years) of three ethnic backgrounds. In Phase 1, children's understanding of physical activity and needs for reporting were determined, which were then translated in Phase 2 to the design features and content of the questionnaire; content validity, readability, and algorithm reliability were completed. Phase 3 involved children's evaluation of the questionnaire's usability (ease of use, efficiency, and aesthetics). The children all liked the questionnaire but identified several usability issues within instructions and reports. Working collaboratively with children was highly effective in ascertaining their understanding of physical activity and their self-reporting needs. Thus, the questionnaire's design was created from children's understanding of physical activity and their needs for recalling activities. The development of the questionnaire and its usability evaluation contribute to understanding children's physical activity and to the importance of designing for usability. Additional research is needed to ascertain reliability and validity of data derived from its use and to explore its usefulness in clinical or research venues.
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- Patricia F Pearce
- University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Researchers often have studied cancer treatments and psychosocial aspects of dealing with cancer, but seldom have they evaluated cancer survivors at the end of their treatments or survivors' health-related goals. The purpose of the study was to identify the health-related goals of female cancer survivors at this phase of survivorship. Participants (N = 51) were women who were aged 34 to 77 years and had finished radiation and/or chemotherapy for primary breast or gynecologic cancers. Using a longitudinal design, interviews were conducted within 4 weeks and 3 to 4 months after treatment. Participants answered open-ended questions about their health-related goals. Content analyses were performed on participants' responses. Across interviews, the most common goals were improving physical activity (54-56% in first and second interviews, respectively), performing meaningful activities (26-27%), losing weight (21-22%), and eating a better diet (16-22%). Clinicians can assess for such common goals and address them, as needed, among women with breast or gynecologic cancer. Researchers could design and test the effect of interventions designed to address patients' goals on behavioral and health outcomes among similar cancer survivors.
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- Diane Lauver
- University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
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Suhonen R, Välimäki M, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Provision of individualised care improves hospital patient outcomes: An explanatory model using LISREL. Int J Nurs Stud 2007; 44:197-207. [PMID: 16426615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies propose the efficacy of individualised care for hospital patients. Individualised care and proposed correlates have not been tested by means of a single multivariate analyses simultaneously. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to examine predicted relationships between individualised care and patient satisfaction, patient autonomy and health-related quality of life. DESIGN A cross-sectional correlational survey. SETTINGS This study was carried out in six acute hospitals in Southern Finland. PARTICIPANTS A sample of 861 (response rate 84%) pre-discharged hospitalised adult patients were recruited from surgical, gynaecological and internal medicine units. METHODS A correlational survey design was used to investigate to complete a battery of instruments measuring individualised care (the ICS), patient satisfaction with nursing care (the PSS), patient autonomy and perceived health-related quality of life (the 15D). The data from these instruments were used to test the proposed model using LISREL implementing the Maximum Likelihood estimation procedure. RESULTS The findings support the proposed model linking individualised nursing care directly to the positive patient outcomes defined. The initial model, permitting all possible covariances, showed a good fit between the variables. Independent variables, supported individuality through nursing interventions (ICS-A) and perception of individuality in their own care (ICS-B) accounted for 58% of the variance in the frequency of individualised care. Individualised care explained the variance on the dependent variables patient satisfaction and patient autonomy. A low but significant association was also found between individualised care and perceived health-related quality of life. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study highlight the contribution of individualised nursing care to positive patient outcomes, such as patient satisfaction, patient autonomy and perceived health-related quality of life. Not only clinically important, this model also has implications for further research into individualised care and its relationship with positive patient outcomes.
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Suhonen R, Välimäki M, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Patient characteristics in relation to perceptions of how individualized care is delivered--research into the sensitivity of the Individualized Care Scale. J Prof Nurs 2006; 22:253-61. [PMID: 16873049 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2006.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The purposes of this study were to examine how hospital patients' backgrounds and clinical illness are related to their perceptions of the individualized care they receive and to test the sensitivity of the Individualized Care Scale (ICS). Cross-sectional explorative survey data were obtained using questionnaires completed by 861 (response rate = 88%) predischarge hospital patients from six hospitals in Southern Finland in 2004. Self-administered questionnaires included the ICS as well as the 15D, a measure of health-related quality of life, and gathered information about the patients' backgrounds. Based on association tests, younger age, poorer state of health, and higher level of education were associated with more critical perceptions of individualized care. Using simultaneous regression analysis and presenting the results from stronger to weaker, we found age to be the strongest predictor of patients' positive perceptions of the individualized care they received. This was followed by health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as measured by the 15D, vocational education, and type of admission. The ICS was found to be a valid tool for the measurement of individualized care in hospitals. The self-reported patient data from this survey suggest that some patient characteristics are associated with the patients' perceptions about the individualized care they receive. There is now a need to consider how these characteristics can be taken into account in nursing care delivery to increase individualized care for hospital patients. The results also support use of the ICS in the measurement of individualized care in hospitals.
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Sidani S, Epstein D, Miranda J. Eliciting Patient Treatment Preferences: A Strategy to Integrate Evidence-Based and Patient-Centered Care. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2006; 3:116-23. [PMID: 16965313 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2006.00060.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND The integrated patient-centered evidence-based approach to care is integral to guide practice and enhance the quality of care. In this paper, a strategy to operationalize the integrated approach is described. DESCRIPTION OF STRATEGY The strategy flows from the processes used to synthesize the best available evidence for interventions that address a clinical problem, and to elicit patient preferences for treatment options, which is an important step in patient-centered care. The strategy consists of three phases: (1) synthesis of evidence about the effectiveness and relevance of interventions derived from research and practice; (2) generation of written material describing the nature, dose, effectiveness, and risks associated with the evidence-based interventions; and (3) using the written descriptions to elicit patient preferences. Examples from an ongoing study are presented to illustrate the implementation of the strategy within the context of research. IMPLICATIONS Nurses are invited to apply the strategy in practice and to evaluate its feasibility and utility in enhancing the quality of care.
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- Souraya Sidani
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Kiesler DJ, Auerbach SM. Optimal matches of patient preferences for information, decision-making and interpersonal behavior: evidence, models and interventions. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2006; 61:319-41. [PMID: 16368220 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Revised: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 08/05/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A comprehensive review was conducted of the theoretical and empirical work that addresses the preference-match strategy in physician-patient communication. METHODS Searches were conducted on Medline, PsychINFO, InFoTrac One File Plus, Sociological Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts through 2004. The following keywords were used: patient preferred and received information; patient preferred and actualized treatment decision-making; patient-physician beliefs in shared decision-making; patient-physician match, fit, or concordance; reciprocal relationship or mutuality; doctor-patient affiliation, control, relationship; match/fit between patient and physician in affiliation, control, or relationship. RESULTS Findings revealed varying degrees of support for the positive effects of matching patients' preferred levels of information, decisional control, and consultative interpersonal behavior. CONCLUSIONS Findings justify not only continued but expanded research efforts in this area that would incorporate recommended changes in research design and implementation. PRACTICE AND RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS: Assessment strategies and match interventions are discussed that, if evidence continues to be supportive, might routinely optimize patient-physician encounters toward more positive outcomes. Methodological guidelines are suggested that can improve future preference-match studies of the patient-physician interaction. Practitioners need to consider adoption of patient-match assessment and intervention strategies in addition to recent exclusive concentrations on patient-centered and shared decision-making approaches.
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- Donald J Kiesler
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, 808 W. Franklin Street, Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
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Bennett SJ, Lane KA, Welch J, Perkins SM, Brater DC, Murray MD. Medication and dietary compliance beliefs in heart failure. West J Nurs Res 2006; 27:977-93; discussion 994-9. [PMID: 16275694 DOI: 10.1177/0193945905280253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients with heart failure are required to comply with a medication regimen and dietary sodium restrictions. The objectives of this study were to determine the most frequently perceived benefits of and barriers to compliance with medication and dietary sodium restrictions and evaluate the relevancy of these scale items for testing in tailored intervention studies. Data were collected as part of two studies that evaluated the psychometric properties of two questionnaires. The most frequently identified benefit of medication compliance was decreasing the chance of being hospitalized, and the most commonly reported barrier was disruption of sleep. Patients were knowledgeable about the benefits of compliance with dietary sodium restrictions, and the poor taste of food on the low sodium diet was the most common barrier. Heart failure patients perceive benefits of and barriers to compliance with therapeutic regimens that are likely to be amenable to tailored interventions designed to enhance compliance.
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Wills CE, Holmes-Rovner M. Integrating Decision Making and Mental Health Interventions Research: Research Directions. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2006; 13:9-25. [PMID: 16724158 PMCID: PMC1466549 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2006.00002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The importance of incorporating patient and provider decision-making processes is in the forefront of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) agenda for improving mental health interventions and services. Key concepts in patient decision making are highlighted within a simplified model of patient decision making that links patient-level/"micro" variables to services-level/"macro" variables via the decision-making process that is a target for interventions. The prospective agenda for incorporating decision-making concepts in mental health research includes (a) improved measures for characterizing decision-making processes that are matched to study populations, complexity, and types of decision making; (b) testing decision aids in effectiveness research for diverse populations and clinical settings; and (c) improving the understanding and incorporation of preference concepts in enhanced intervention designs.
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Song MK, Kirchhoff KT, Douglas J, Ward S, Hammes B. A randomized, controlled trial to improve advance care planning among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Med Care 2005; 43:1049-53. [PMID: 16166875 DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000178192.10283.b4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although many healthcare providers and researchers consider it necessary to assist patients with end-stage chronic illnesses to plan for the end of life, they tend to avoid discussing end-of-life issues with patients before major surgery. Consequently, surgical patients and their families generally have insufficient knowledge to make plans in case of life-threatening complications. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate short-term effects of Patient-Centered Advance Care Planning (PC-ACP). DESIGN AND SUBJECTS Thirty-two dyads of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and their surrogates were randomly assigned to receive either the PC-ACP intervention (PC-ACP) or usual care. MEASURES Measures studied were patient-surrogate congruence regarding goals for future medical care, patient and surrogate knowledge of advance care planning and anxiety, and patient decisional conflict. Congruence and anxiety were measured before and after the intervention. Decisional conflict and knowledge of advance care planning were measured after the intervention. RESULTS Compared with the control group, PC-ACP significantly improved patient-surrogate congruence (Delta=1.27, P<0.01) and reduced patients' decisional conflict (Delta=-0.77, P<0.05). Anxiety change (pre/post) did not differ between treatment and control groups. No difference in knowledge of advance care planning was found between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS The PC-ACP can be an effective approach to advance care planning. Its specificity and relevance to patients' actual medical conditions (as exemplified by its plans for potential complications related to cardiac surgery) can lead to greater patient-surrogate congruence without increasing decisional conflict and anxiety.
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- Mi-Kyung Song
- Department of Acute & Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
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Sedlak CA, Doheny MO, Estok PJ, Zeller RA. Tailored interventions to enhance osteoporosis prevention in women. Orthop Nurs 2005; 24:270-6; quiz 277-8. [PMID: 16056171 DOI: 10.1097/00006416-200507000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if tailored nursing interventions based on personal knowledge of bone mineral density from a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry cause increases in knowledge of osteoporosis, health beliefs, or osteoporosis-prevention behaviors in postmenopausal women 50-65 years of age, 6 months after the intervention. METHOD The design for this pilot study was a two group quasi-experimental design. The treatment group received a tailored intervention; the control group did not. Outcome data were gathered at 6 months after dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. The tailored intervention was designed and given to each woman via telephone using her dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry results and osteoporosis questionnaire data that addressed her knowledge of osteoporosis and osteoporosis-prevention behaviors of calcium intake, exercise, smoking, and alcohol use. A written mailed copy of the intervention followed the telephone interview. Six months after the intervention, the women were mailed another osteoporosis questionnaire to determine if the tailored intervention made a difference in the outcome variables. SAMPLE A total 124 women between the ages of 50 and 65 (101 control, 23 treatment) comprised the sample. RESULTS There was no difference in knowledge between groups. On the average, there were significantly more perceived barriers to calcium in the tailored group (mean = 13.48) than in the nontailored group (mean = 11.55) (t = 2.147; df = 122; p = .034). There were significantly more perceived barriers to exercise in the tailored group (mean = 14.39) than in the nontailored group (mean = 12.21) (t = .144; df = 122; p = .034). Daily calcium intake increased in both the tailored and the nontailored groups. The tailored intervention increased women's daily calcium intake from 614.28 to 1039.10 mg (t = -2.896; df = 22; p = .008). The nontailored group daily calcium intake increased from 587.91 to 916.30 mg (t = -3.541; df = 100; p = .001); there was no significant difference between the groups. Weight-bearing exercise behaviors decreased from 96.04 minutes to 59.2 minutes in the tailored group but increased slightly in the nontailored group from 81.47 to 87.26 minutes of exercise. CONCLUSION Tailored interventions increased women's perceived barriers to calcium and exercise. Both groups increased calcium intake. The mixed findings of increased perception of barriers to calcium and exercise and decreased exercise behaviors indicate the need for further study. This important intervention has implications for orthopaedic nurses and healthcare professionals involved in health promotion and prevention of osteoporosis.
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- Carol A Sedlak
- College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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As calls are made for a more patient-centered health care system, it becomes critical to define and measure patient perceptions of health care quality and to understand more fully what drives those perceptions. This chapter identifies conceptual and methodological issues that make this task difficult, including the confusion between patient perceptions and patient satisfaction and the difficulty of determining whether systematic variations in patient perceptions should be attributed to differences in expectations or actual experiences. We propose a conceptual model to help unravel these knotty issues; review qualitative studies that report directly from patients on how they define quality; provide an overview of how health plans, hospitals, physicians, and health care in general are currently viewed by patients; assess whether and how patient health status and demographic characteristics relate to perceptions of health care quality; and identify where further, or more appropriately designed, research is needed. Our aim is to find out what patients want, need and experience in health care, not what professionals (however well-motivated) believe they need or get.
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- Shoshanna Sofaer
- School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, New York, NY 10010, USA.
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Jonsdottir H, Jonsdottir R, Geirsdottir T, Sveinsdottir KS, Sigurdardottir T. Multicomponent individualized smoking cessation intervention for patients with lung disease. J Adv Nurs 2005; 48:594-604. [PMID: 15548250 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03248.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS This paper reports a study examining the process and outcomes of a long-term, multicomponent smoking cessation intervention for patients with lung disease initiated while hospitalized and provided over 1-year postdischarge. BACKGROUND Successful smoking cessation interventions are of primary importance for people with lung disease. Initiation of such an intervention in hospital settings is particularly important as patients may be especially motivated to quit as a result of strong perceptions of vulnerability while hospitalized for a smoking-related disease. Tailoring the intervention to each person's needs is a promising approach to practice. METHODS All patients who smoked and were admitted to a pulmonary unit over 2 years were invited to participate in this quasi-experimental study (n = 85), and 69 continued beyond the first month. The intervention was shaped by the TransTheoretical Model and used nicotine replacement therapy, along with individual and group counselling and support grounded in the nurse-patient relationship. The intervention was provided during hospitalization and by telephone after discharge at 1 week, and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. RESULTS At 12-months postdischarge, 39% of the patients reported continuous abstinence from smoking from the time they joined the programme and 52% were not smoking at that time. No relationship was found between abstinence and the number of quit attempts, readiness to quit, nicotine dependency and length of hospital stay. Readiness to quit had increased and nicotine dependency decreased significantly by the end of the programme. No gender differences were found for the main variables. CONCLUSIONS Comprehensive, individualized smoking cessation interventions for hospitalized patients having lung disease, with a 1-year follow-up, was successful. Abstinence was high in comparison with other studies. This may in part be explained by significantly enhanced motivation to quit during the smoking cessation programme.
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- Helga Jonsdottir
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Suhonen R, Välimäki M, Leino-Kilpi H. Individualized care, quality of life and satisfaction with nursing care. J Adv Nurs 2005; 50:283-92. [PMID: 15811107 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03391.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS This paper reports a study of the maintenance of individualized care from surgical patients' point of view and examines associations between individualized care, patient satisfaction with nursing care, and health-related quality of life. Rationale. There is preliminary evidence that individualized care is effective from patients' point of view, and is associated with improved patient outcomes, such as patient satisfaction and quality of life. However, individualized care has mainly been studied from the vantage-point of nurses' experiences. METHODS In this cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study the data were collected with surgical adult patients (n = 279, response rate 93%) in surgical wards in Finland using self-administered questionnaires including the Individualized Care Scales, Patient-Satisfaction Scale, and Finnish versions of the Nottingham Health Profile and EuroQol 5D. Associations between individualized care, satisfaction with care and health-related quality of life were examined. Cronbach's alpha values and item analysis were used to evaluate the psychometric properties of the instruments, especially the Individualized Care Scales. RESULTS The more often patients felt they received support for individuality through specific nursing interventions, the higher the individuality of care received. Secondly, the more individualized patients regarded their care, the higher the level of reported patient satisfaction with nursing care. However, the correlation between individualized care and health-related quality of life was fairly low, albeit statistically significant. CONCLUSION Individualized care may produce positive outcomes, such as patient satisfaction. Further research is needed to explore individualized care in relation to health-related quality of life.
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- Riitta Suhonen
- Quality and Development Manager, Health Care District of Forssa, Forssa, Finland.
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RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES In this study we describe the development of the Individualized Care Scale (ICS) and evaluate its validity, psychometric properties and feasibility. The ICS was designed to measure patients' views on how individuality is supported through specific nursing interventions (ICA) and how they perceive individuality in their own care (ICB) during hospitalization. METHOD Three different data sets were collected among patients being discharged from hospital (n1 = 203, n2 = 279, n3 = 454). This bipartite 38-item ICS promises to be a brief, timely, easy to administer and useful self-completion measure for evaluating clinical nursing practice from the patient's point of view. RESULTS The findings supported the internal consistency reliability of the ICS (alpha 0.94 for ICA and ICB 0.93) and the three subscales (alphas 0.85-0.90). Item analysis supported the item construction of each scale. Content validity was furthered by a critical literature review and four expert analyses. Principal component analysis (Promax with Kaiser normalization) among earlier factor analyses supported construct validity by generating a three-factor solution which accounted for 65% of the variance in the ICA and 61% in the ICB. Pearson's correlation coefficients were at least 0.88 between the subscales and the total domain ICA or ICB. CONCLUSIONS The ICS has demonstrated promise as a tool for measuring patients' evaluations of their hospital experience and individuality in care.
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- Riitta Suhonen
- Quality and Development Manager, Health Care District of Forssa, Forssa, Finland.
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Kovach CR, Taneli Y, Dohearty P, Schlidt AM, Cashin S, Silva-Smith AL. Effect of the BACE intervention on agitation of people with dementia. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2005; 44:797-806. [PMID: 15611216 DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.6.797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study tests the effectiveness of the theoretically driven BACE (i.e., Balancing Arousal Controls Excesses) intervention in decreasing agitation in residents of long-term care with moderate or severe dementia. DESIGN AND METHODS A pretest-posttest double-blinded experimental design with random assignment was used with a sample of 78 participants. The BACE intervention controls the daily activity schedule so that there is a balance between a person's high-arousal and low-arousal states. The outcome measure was observed agitation. RESULTS When time spent in arousal imbalance at pretest was controlled for, a repeated measures analysis of covariance revealed a statistically significant Group x Time interaction, F(1, 69) = 4.26, p =.043, with a partial eta(2) =.06. The average change in agitation for the treatment group was a decrease of 8.43 points (SD = 12.01) from pretest to posttest, an effect size of.7. IMPLICATIONS The results of this study support the theory that balancing arousal states by using an individualized approach is effective in decreasing agitation levels of people with dementia.
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- Christine R Kovach
- Cunningham Hall, 1921 East Hartford Avenue, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, USA.
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Schumacher KL, Koresawa S, West C, Dodd M, Paul SM, Tripathy D, Koo P, Miaskowski C. Qualitative research contribution to a randomized clinical trial. Res Nurs Health 2005; 28:268-80. [PMID: 15884025 DOI: 10.1002/nur.20080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Qualitative research may be combined fruitfully with intervention studies, but few examples provide detailed methodological strategies for doing so. In this article, we describe the qualitative component of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of the PRO-SELF(c) Pain Control Program, an intervention that provides individualized education, coaching, and support for cancer pain management. We conducted three qualitative analyses of verbatim transcripts of "real-time" audiotaped intervention sessions. As a result, we were better able to ascertain the nature of the individualized coaching component of the intervention, patient and family caregiver use of selected intervention tools, and reasons the intervention did not work for some patients. Study results were used to increase the specificity with which the coaching portion of the intervention is described in the intervention protocol.
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- Karen L Schumacher
- College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68132, USA
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Nguyen HQ, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Rankin SH, Slaughter R, Stulbarg MS. Internet-based patient education and support interventions: a review of evaluation studies and directions for future research. Comput Biol Med 2004; 34:95-112. [PMID: 14972630 DOI: 10.1016/s0010-4825(03)00046-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Internet provides patients, families, and health providers with unparalleled opportunities to learn, inform, and communicate with one another. This paper is a review of studies that have evaluated the impact of professionally facilitated Internet-based programs for diverse clinical populations on health outcomes, utilization, and user satisfaction. The findings suggest that some outcomes in certain groups can be moderately improved and that user satisfaction has been generally positive. Given the increasing need to provide timely and effective patient-centered care, a stronger evidence base for eHealth applications must be established before broader deployment of such programs will take place.
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Family's needs and considerations are an essential component of intensive care unit (ICU) care. Family satisfaction is related to clinician communication and decision making. Indeed, timely, honest communication is vital to the psychosocial health and satisfaction of the family. Conflict often arises within the family and between the family and the clinicians, over decision making. Again, good communication skills are critical to family satisfaction with decision making and comfort with the care received. Family members have numerous psychosocial changes, and may experience depression,anxiety, or anticipatory grief while their family member is dying in the ICU. Awareness of these conditions, providing support to the families, and allowing family access to the dying individual can assist with meeting the family's desire to see their family member have a peaceful death.
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- Karin T Kirchhoff
- School of Nursing, Clinical Science Center K6/358, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-2455, USA.
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Briggs LA, Kirchhoff KT, Hammes BJ, Song MK, Colvin ER. Patient-centered advance care planning in special patient populations: a pilot study. J Prof Nurs 2004; 20:47-58. [PMID: 15011193 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of a patient-centered advance care planning (PC-ACP) approach to patients with chronic illnesses and their surrogates with respect to promotion of shared decision-making outcomes-congruence between patient and surrogate, patient's decisional conflict, and knowledge of advance care planning. An experimental design was used. The settings were the heart failure, renal dialysis, and cardiovascular surgery clinics at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Twenty-seven patient-surrogate pairs participated. A 1-hour PC-ACP interview was provided to the experimental group. Only usual care was delivered to participants in the control group. Comparison of the composite scores of a Statement of Treatment Preferences indicated that congruence in decision-making for future medical treatment in patient-surrogate pairs in the treatment group was significantly higher than in the control group. Greater satisfaction with the decision-making process and less decisional conflict were demonstrated in the treatment group. The PC-ACP interview can be effective in promoting shared decision-making between patients and their surrogates and in producing greater satisfaction with the process of decision-making and less decisional conflict.
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- Linda A Briggs
- Advance Care Planning, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, 1836-1910 South Avenue, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.
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BACKGROUND Although there has been some research to identify the dimensions on which individualized care should be measured, the indicators that constitute individualized care remain unclear. OBJECTIVES To describe briefly the maintenance of individualized care and to test a hypothetical model of individualized care in a sample of surgical patients. DESIGN AND METHODS A correlational survey design was used. Data were collected with questionnaires from adult patients (n = 454) discharged from surgical wards in one Finnish hospital district (response rate 91%). Structural equation modelling LISREL SIMPLIS using maximum likelihood estimation was used to estimate and test the parameters of the hypothesized model derived deductively from the previous literature. RESULTS The goodness-of-fit statistics supported the basic solution of the Individualized Care Model, although two additional paths indicating error covariances between the sub-concepts were identified in the revised model. In this model individualized care is defined in terms of patients' views of nursing activities aimed at supporting individuality in care and in terms of perceptions of individuality in their own care. CONCLUSIONS The model has been found to capture attributes that characterize individualized care. It can be used as a basis for evaluation in clinical nursing practice from patients' point of view. The study highlights the importance of patients' clinical situation, personal life situation and decisional control as predictors of individualized care. The results also confirm the construct validity of the previously developed Individualized Care Scale.
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- Riitta Suhonen
- Forssa Hospital, Health Care District of Forssa, Forssa Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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