Journal article
Thematic analysis of the experience of making a decision to place a family member with Alzheimer's disease in a special care unit
Research in nursing & health, Vol.24(6), pp.470-480
12/2001
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10005
PMID: 11746076
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth description of the experience of making the decision to place a family member in a special care unit among a diverse sample of family caregivers. To achieve purposive maximum variation of the sample, the sample of 30 family caregivers was chosen from an original study of 256 family caregivers. The sample was randomly stratified according to ethnicity, gender, and relationship to the care receiver. Three independent researchers used Luborsky's method of thematic analysis to analyze the interviews. After mutual consensus, 1565 themes (descriptive statements) were identified and synthesized into 21 topics. The topics were then synthesized into four patterns describing the decision-making experience: moving toward the unavoidable decision, struggling with the decision, seeking reassurance, and remaining connected.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Thematic analysis of the experience of making a decision to place a family member with Alzheimer's disease in a special care unit
- Creators
- H K Butcher - University of Iowa, NursingP A HolkupM Park - Keimyung UniversityM Maas - University of Iowa, Nursing
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in nursing & health, Vol.24(6), pp.470-480
- DOI
- 10.1002/nur.10005
- PMID
- 11746076
- NLM abbreviation
- Res Nurs Health
- ISSN
- 0160-6891
- eISSN
- 1098-240X
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- P30 NR03979 / NINR NIH HHS R01NR01689 / NINR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2001
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557171202771
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