Questions Asked by Male and Female Caregivers of Persons with Stroke in a Web-based Support Group
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Adult caregivers of persons with stroke [n=12] from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan were enrolled for 48 weeks in a study that examined the experience of caring after discharge home. A secondary analysis was used to examine questions asked by male and female caregivers in a Web-based support group. Narrative content analysis of a combined total of 816 email entries, with 95 questions asked by the subjects during their participation in the Web-based discussions, resulted in emerged themes that were drawn to Friedemann’s framework of systematic organization. A difference between the themes expressed in the questions asked by male versus female caregivers was revealed. Coherence, in Friedemann’s terms, emerged as the most prevalent theme for the female caregivers, and system maintenance was the predominant theme expressed by the male caregivers. There were no notable changes in the themes expressed by the male or female caregivers over time.
Author: Bridget Marie Wicks
Institution: University of Toledo
Language: English
Topic: Nursing care and research
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2521460540