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Content Analysis Method (content + analysis_method)
Selected AbstractsExperiences of alcohol drinking among Swedish youths with type 1 diabetesEUROPEAN DIABETES NURSING, Issue 1 2009A Leger RN Diabetes Nurse Abstract Background: Alcohol consumption in Europe and North America is greatest in 18,25-year-olds. This behaviour can be seen as a transitional stage from childhood to adulthood, where consuming alcohol is perceived as a typical feature of adult behaviour. Youths often start to consume alcohol when they are 14,15 years of age, and one in five youngsters around 15 years of age report binge drinking. Studies of alcohol consumption among youths with type 1 diabetes have not been undertaken but it is well known that, in these people, alcohol drinking can cause hypoglycaemia and worsen the capacity to feel and interpret the symptoms of hypoglycaemia. Aim: The overall aim was to explore experiences of alcohol consumption among youths with type 1 diabetes. Another objective was to identify strategies as to how they deal with situations when they drink alcohol. Methods: Semistructured interviews with ten 18-year-old youths with type 1 diabetes, using Burnard's content analysis method. Results: This study illustrates that informants strive for security, independence and control. Frequency of binge drinking did not seem to differ from rates in other teenagers. Informants exposed themselves to considerable risks and many had met with serious incidents. Moreover, the result exemplifies how symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (such as nausea and vomiting) can easily be misinterpreted as a hang-over or gastroenteritis. Informants lacked age-appropriate knowledge about diabetes and the effects of alcohol, but had tested things out themselves; some involved their friends in their diabetes treatment. Moreover, three strategies occurred with the aim of normalisation and security: the 'low-consumption' strategy, the ,ambitious' strategy and the ,rather-high-than-dead' strategy. Fear of hypoglycaemia was a significant concern and the consequence was poor diabetes control. Conclusion: To increase youths' independence and security, the diabetes care team should provide adequate and relevant information about alcohol. Treatment plans might contain practical steps such as advice about responsible alcohol intake and adjustments of insulin and meals, and could also encourage young people with diabetes to carry diabetes ID and inform friends about hypoglycaemia (and how to handle situations involving alcohol). Copyright © 2009 FEND [source] Turkish women's perceptions of antenatal educationINTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW, Issue 3 2010P. Serçeku Serçeku, P. & Mete S. (2010) Turkish women's perceptions of antenatal education. International Nursing Review57, 395,401 Background:, Antenatal education is considered essential for expectant women. Although there are a number of studies on the effects of antenatal education, there are few studies featuring substantial evidence in this area. For this reason, the benefits have not been clearly defined. Aim:, To describe women's perceptions of the effectiveness of antenatal education on pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period, and also to describe their impressions on the type of education received. Methods:, A qualitative approach was used. The study featured 15 primipara women who had attended antenatal education. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and analysed using the content analysis method. Findings:, The results of this study showed that education provided a basis of knowledge about pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period. It was found that education could have positive effects on pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, motherhood and infant care, and that it could at the same time have a positive or negative effect on fear of childbirth. Although different advantages were found to be perceived in both individual and group education, it was discovered that the study participants were much more satisfied with attending group sessions. Key conclusions and implications for practice:, Antenatal education should be planned in such a way that its content and methodology do not increase fear. When the lower costs incurred and the higher satisfaction level attained are considered, group education appears to be the type of antenatal education that should be preferred. [source] Barriers to, and facilitators of post-operative pain management in Iranian nursing: a qualitative research studyINTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW, Issue 4 2008N. Rejeh bscn, mscn Background:, Unrelieved post-operative pain continues to be a major clinical challenge, despite advances in management. Although nurses have embraced a crucial role in pain management, its extent is often limited in Iranian nursing practice. Aim:, To determine Iranian nurses' perceptions of the barriers and facilitators influencing their management of post-operative pain. Methods:, This study was qualitative with 26 participant nurses. Data were obtained through semi-structured serial interviews and analysed using the content analysis method. Findings:, Several themes emerged to describe the factors that hindered or facilitated post-operative pain management. These were grouped into two main themes: (1) barriers to pain management after surgery with subgroups such as powerlessness, policies and rules of organization, physicians leading practice, time constraints, limited communication, interruption of activities relating to pain, and (2) factors that facilitated post-operative pain management that included the nurse,patient relationship, nurses' responsibility, the physician as a colleague, and nurses' knowledge and skills. Conclusion:, Postoperative pain management in Iran is contextually complex, and may be controversial. Participants believed that in this context accurate pain management is difficult for nurses due to the barriers mentioned. Therefore, nurses make decisions and act as a patient comforter for pain after surgery because of the barriers to effective pain management. [source] District continence nurses' experiences of their continence service in primary health careJOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, Issue 2 2010DORIS HÄGGLUND RN hägglund d. (2009) Journal of Nursing Management 18, 225,233 District continence nurses' experiences of their continence service in primary health care Aim, The aim of the present study was to describe district continence nurses' experiences of providing continence services in primary care. Background, It has been stated that there is too little research on the experiences of district care nurses who provide continence services. Method, Twenty-two district continence nurses answered a written questionnaire containing three open-ended main questions. A qualitative content analysis method was used to analyse the texts. Results, The district continence nurses' feelings of maintaining their professionalism were promoted by scheduled patient encounters, patients who participate in assessment of urinary incontinence (UI) and functioning teamwork. The opposite situation, nurses' feelings of having a lesser degree of professionalism, was associated with not having scheduled patient appointments, patients not participating in assessment of UI and lack of teamwork. Conclusions, The district continence nurses lacked the authority to start nurse-led continence clinics because of the lack of collaborative teamwork, an organization that did not enable nurse-led scheduled appointments and nurses' limited view of their own profession. Implications for nursing management, Primary health care managers and policy-makers need to provide an environment that enables interprofessional collaboration so that nurses' skills can be used to advance patient services; such initiatives could enable district continence nurses to reach their full potential. [source] The importance of knowing the patient in weaning from mechanical ventilationNURSING IN CRITICAL CARE, Issue 6 2009Cheryl Crocker ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of the research was to understand how nurses used technology to wean patients from mechanical ventilation. Background: The literature concerned with the development of critical care centres on the role of technology with little emphasis on the nursing contribution. Design: An ethnographic approach was used to understand how nurses used technology to wean patients from mechanical ventilation. Methods: Data were gathered by participant observation and interviewing over a 6-month period. In total, 250 h of field notes were recorded. Results: Data were analysed by the content analysis method. Knowing the patient was a central theme identified. Three sub-themes were identified: ways of knowing, continuity of care and the role of the patient in the weaning trajectory. Conclusion: ,Knowing the patient' was implied during the interviews as essential to the delivery of patient-centred care. There were two main factors that needed to be present in order for nurses to know their patients: continuity of care and expertise. ,Ways of knowing' was reliant on gaining information about the patient. The role of the patient was a passive recipient of treatment. Implications for practice: Knowing the patient has been defined as a characteristic of expert nursing. To be truly patient-centred nursing needs to address the barriers that prevent nurses from getting to ,know' their patients. [source] Tagging the tags, Process, observations and analysis of conversations in metatagging at an ASIST interactive poster sessionPROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2007Jennifer E. Graham Results from a 2006 ASIST poster session on tagger's motivations are presented. Researcher's conducted short conversations with conference participants as they viewed the researchers' poster and tagged its contents. Using a content analysis method, researchers' conversations with participants were analyzed. Content analysis revealed six broad themes or "clusters" of interest: 1) General, 2) Observations, 3) Specific Uses/Suggestions, 4) Curricular, 5) Concerns and 6) Opportunities/Potentials. Within those clusters various specific points were ranked by frequency of occurrence. Overall findings indicate the ASIST community is interested in seeing what happens with this phenomenon, but voiced very real concerns about the longevity of tagging, specific uses in scholarly environments, and the effect it will have on annotation, bibliographic, and subject analysis. [source] | ||||||||||