EXPERIENCES OF RURAL CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH CANCER

描述：（研究者摘要）本修订申请寻求 支持加深对非正规、农村、 南部癌症患者的护理人员。 本研究是一项 初步的，探索性的项目，旨在获得知识， 最终导致护理干预，这将有助于这一人群， 的负担。 在为期两年的研究中， 从30名临终关怀计划中的病人护理人员中， （a）病人入院后一星期内 （B）三到四周后，以及（c）六周后 在病人死后。 在这些时候，告密者将被要求 相关的故事，发生在他们的重要经验， 提供照顾。 此外，研究人员将作为参与观察员 当他们为他们的家庭成员提供护理时， 参与者观察的叙述和数据将受到 一个诠释学分析，以发现主题，将导致一个 完全理解被调查者作为照顾者的经历。

DESCRIPTION: (Investigator's Abstract) This revised application seeks support to add to the understanding of the experiences of informal, rural, southern caregivers of persons dying with cancer. This study is a preliminary, exploratory project aimed at gaining knowledge that will eventually lead to nursing interventions, which will aid this population in the burden of caregiving. During the two-year study, data will be gathered from 30 caregivers of patients in hospice programs at a maximum of three times for each informant: (a) within one week of the patient's admission to the hospice program, (b) three to four weeks later, and (c) six weeks after the patient's death. At these times the informants will be asked to related stories about important experiences that occurred while they provided care. Also, the investigators will act as participant observers with a subgroup of subjects as they provide care to their family members. The narratives and data from participant observations will be subjected to a hermeneutic analysis in order to discover themes that will lead to a complete understanding of the informants' experiences as caregivers .