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Web-based Discussions of Young Females Caring for a Spouse with Stroke
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Drummond, Kimberly Anne
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1121697203
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Year and Degree
2005, Master of Science (MS), University of Toledo, Nurse Educator.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to gain further insight into what young female caregivers of persons with stroke were talking about on a web-based discussion group in the first year of caring. Narrative email discussion data were gathered as part of a larger study on the experience of caring. The sample for a secondary analysis of these data included three wives who were primary caregivers for their husbands. Researchers clustered these narrative data (entries = 214) into codes using Friedemann’s framework of systemic organization. Data were further analyzed by this investigator allowing themes to emerge and drawing them to the framework’s process dimensions of system maintenance and coherence, as well as congruence. There were four themes: giving and receiving supporting, being social, preserving family, and becoming frustrated. The findings from this study provide nurses with information about what was important to these female caregivers. Advanced practice nurses can incorporate strategies into the plan of care based on this information.
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Linda Pierce, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Pages
57 p.
Subject Headings
Health Sciences, Nursing
Keywords
caregivers
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Friedemann
;
Female Caregivers
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Caregiving
;
Stroke
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system maintenance
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web-based support
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Drummond, K. A. (2005).
Web-based Discussions of Young Females Caring for a Spouse with Stroke
[Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1121697203
APA Style (7th edition)
Drummond, Kimberly.
Web-based Discussions of Young Females Caring for a Spouse with Stroke.
2005. University of Toledo, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1121697203.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Drummond, Kimberly. "Web-based Discussions of Young Females Caring for a Spouse with Stroke." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1121697203
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by University of Toledo Health Science Campus and OhioLINK.