Use of Telephone Health Diaries & Diary Interviews in Research on the Symptom Self Care of Older Adults with Heart Failure

Table of Contents

Use of Telephone Health Diaries & Diary Interviews in Research on the Symptom Self Care of Older Adults with Heart Failure

Methods to Gather Information on Self Care Activities & Self Care Decision Making

Areas of Research on Self Care

Research to Date

Data Collection Issues

Importance of Looking at Self Care in a New Way

My Research Interest

Older Adult Population of Interest for this Research

Data Collection Methods

Background Health & Stories of Heart Failure Interview

Telephone Health Diary

Diary Interview

Chart Review

Procedure

Illustration with 2 Cases

28 day Telephone Health Diary

7 day Telephone Health Diary

Edema

Edema: Diary Interview

Fatigue

Fatigue: Diary Interview

PPT Slide

Prioritizing Symptoms: Eliza

Living with Heart Failure

Discussion of Findings

Evaluation of Research Process

Future Research

Conclusions

Contact & Reference Information

Email: jrussel2@midsouth.rr.com

Home Page: http://www.utmem.edu/nursing/activities/russellactivities.htm

Other information:
Slides prepared for the 13th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society, February 18-20, 1999, Charleston, SC

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