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It Matters Who You Live With. The Relationship Of Living Arrangement And Medication Adherence In Patients With Heart Failure, Rana Lindsay-Rahman
It Matters Who You Live With. The Relationship Of Living Arrangement And Medication Adherence In Patients With Heart Failure, Rana Lindsay-Rahman
Theses and Dissertations--Nursing
Medication adherence is an ongoing challenge for patients with heart failure (HF) that can adversely affect mortality, morbidity, and quality of life. Living with a spouse has been associated with better adherence while living alone has been associated with poor adherence. Other factors demonstrated to affect adherence include medication complexity, perceived barriers to adherence, and depressive symptoms. Interestingly, the effect of these latter factors on adherence has not been examined in the context of the patient’s living arrangement. The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the relationships among medication complexity, perceived barriers, and depressive symptoms with medication adherence across …
Gay Men And Satisfaction With Health Care Interactions, Michael Huggins
Gay Men And Satisfaction With Health Care Interactions, Michael Huggins
Theses and Dissertations--Nursing
The purpose of this research was to determine relationships among depression, anxiety, self-rated physical and mental health, self-advocacy, internalized homophobia, and quality of patient-provider communication to satisfaction with health care interactions. These were measured while controlling for select demographic variables: age; ethnicity; urban or rural domicile; relationship status; household income; highest educational attainment; health insurance; disclosure to health care provider as a gay man; reason for last healthcare visit; and, general health self-rating. The specific aims of this study were to: 1) identify general characteristics of gay men in this sample; 2) examine how levels of satisfaction with health care …
Sleep Disturbance And Outcomes In Patients With Heart Failure And Their Family Caregivers, Sami Al-Rawashdeh
Sleep Disturbance And Outcomes In Patients With Heart Failure And Their Family Caregivers, Sami Al-Rawashdeh
Theses and Dissertations--Nursing
Sleep disturbance is common in patients with heart failure (HF) and the family caregivers. Sleep disturbance is known as a predictor of poor quality of life (QoL) in individual level. The manner in which patients’ and caregivers’ sleep disturbances influence each other’s QoL has not been determined. The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the associations of sleep disturbance and outcomes in patients with HF and their primary family caregivers. The specific aims were to: 1) examine whether sleep disturbance of patients and their family caregivers predict their own and their partners’ QoL; 2) examine the mediator effects of …