Support systems for the spouses of chronically ill persons in rural areas

Weinert, Clarann; Long, Kathleen Ann

doi:10.1097/00003727-199304000-00009

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“…Of those not intending to participate in cardiac rehabilitation, 33% reported that it was not recommended by their physician. As in prior research (Weinert & Catanzaro, 1993) with families managing long-term illness, social support was demonstrated again to be a key factor. Those who were not employed were more likely to attend rehabilitation sessions.…”

Section: Multiple Regression Analysissupporting

confidence: 55%

Rural Residents' Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Johnson

Weinert

Richardson

1998

Public Health Nursing

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The goal of this study was to identify the factors that influence the use of cardiac rehabilitation services by rural residents. The Andersen-Newman framework, which consists of three determinants of health services utilization (predisposing, enabling, and need factors), was used to direct this research. The three data collection points were at time of discharge from the hospital, two weeks post discharge, and one week following the date that the cardiac rehabilitation program would have been completed. Packets for the three data collection points were unique and contained instruments to assess various factors influencing the use of health services. The sample (N = 254) were adults living in rural areas who had experienced a cardiac event and received treatment at one of four hospitals in two western states and who provided useable data on all three questionnaires. Findings indicated that 72 (28%) of the participants attended some portion of a rehabilitation program, and only 43 (17%) completed the full 36-week program. Four predisposing factors, one enabling factor, and two need factors were significant in explaining the number of cardiac rehabilitation sessions attended. Further research is needed to validate these factors and to identify others which may influence the use of cardiac rehabilitation by rural residents. Likewise, it is essential to examine alternate ways to meet the rehabilitative needs of rural cardiac clients.

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Section: Multiple Regression Analysissupporting

confidence: 55%

Rural Residents' Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Johnson

Weinert

Richardson

1998

Public Health Nursing

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“…The mean for the study population was 26.7, whereas the mean for a group of rural women with chronic illness was 46.4 (Weinert & Obink, 2002). Lower scores on this instrument reflect better illness management, so the study group reported significantly better illness management than did a comparison group.…”

Section: Illness Managementmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…Rural populations are known to have high levels of depression and suicide, especially in the rural West ("Regional Variations in Suicide Rates," 1997). Researchers in a study of rural women with chronic illness had a mean score for their sample that indicated clinical depression on their depression scale (Weinert & Obink, 2002). The people in this sample, however, had a mean of 3.0, indicating minimal depression.…”

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confidence: 99%

Spirituality, Chronic Illness, and Rural Life

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“…An interrelated factor is that rural residents are self-reliant (Bullough & Bullough, 1990), although neighbors, friends, and family are relied on during illness (Henderson, 1992; Parker, Quinn, Viebb, et al, 1992;Parker, Quinn, Viehl, et al, 1992;Weinert & Long, 1993). For example, the higher number of elderly in rural areas (Hendryx, 1993) leads to greater caregiver burden, particularly for women (Lee, 1993a(Lee, , 1993b.…”

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Collaboration Between Communities and Universities: Completion of a Community Needs Assessment

Kulig

Wilde

1996

Public Health Nursing

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Health care reform can provide opportunities for collaboration between universities and the public at large. An advanced community nursing class within a post-RN program at a university combined resources with a nearby rural community to complete a community health and social needs assessment. The partners in the project included the local hospital, health unit, and the university; funding was secured from the Regional Center for Health Promotion and Community Studies and the two health agency partners also made a financial donation. Community liaisons who were both registered nurses and residents of the community, we instrumental in completing tasks and activities related to the project. The students were taught the various data collection methods and participated in class assignments refining the necessary skills required for the actual assessment. This project benefited the community by providing baseline health status and social needs data in an era of dramatic health care reform while simultaneously affording undergraduate nursing students the opportunity to apply theory to practice.

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Support systems for the spouses of chronically ill persons in rural areas

Cited by 27 publications

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Rural Residents' Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Rural Residents' Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Spirituality, Chronic Illness, and Rural Life

Collaboration Between Communities and Universities: Completion of a Community Needs Assessment

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