EXPERIENCES OF RURAL CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH CANCER

描述：(调查人员摘要)这份修改后的申请寻求 支持增加对非正式、农村、 南方癌症患者的照顾者。本研究是一项 初步的探索性项目，旨在获得将 最终导致护理干预，这将帮助这些人口在 照顾孩子的重担。在为期两年的研究期间，将收集数据 来自临终关怀计划患者的30名照顾者，最多不超过3人 每名报案人的时间：(A)在病人入院后一周内 临终关怀方案，(B)三至四周后，和(C)六周 在病人死后。在这些时候，告密者将被要求 关于发生在他们身上的重要经历的相关故事 所提供的护理。此外，调查人员将作为参与者观察员 与一组受试者一起为他们的家庭成员提供护理。 来自参与者观察的叙述和数据将受到 一种解释学分析，以发现将导致 完全了解告密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 .