Being Uncertain: Rural Living Cardiac Patients' Experience of Accessing Healthcare

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dc.contributor.advisorKing-Shier, Kathryn M.
dc.contributor.authorLowe, Erin
dc.contributor.committeememberBanner-Lukaris, Davina
dc.contributor.committeememberEstefan, Andrew
dc.date2020-06
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T23:11:22Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T23:11:22Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-06
dc.description.abstractCardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and secondary prevention strategies such as physical activity, diet and weight management, stress management, emotional health, and education are necessary to reduce disease progression to heart failure. Although cardiac rehabilitation has also been demonstrated to improve quality of life and well-being, services tend to be underutilized worldwide, particularly in rural populations. Thus, Straussian Grounded Theory was used to seek a deeper understanding of the process that rural cardiac patients go through to access healthcare and cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction. In-depth interviews with eleven participants were untaken resulting in emergence of several themes. Qualitative themes that emerged included comfort with health information, relationship with healthcare providers, social support, taking ownership, and availability of/for cardiac rehabilitation. These events occurred throughout a linear timeline progressing from hospital discharge to maintaining health. The core category of ‘being uncertain’ refers to the process rural cardiac participants will go through while accessing care after their myocardial infarction. Gaining an understanding of the process rural patient go through to access care after their myocardial infarction will assist in identifying ways to improve access and address uncertainty stemming from a lack of perceived information at and post-discharge.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLowe, E. (2020). Being Uncertain: Rural Living Cardiac Patients' Experience of Accessing Healthcare (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37419
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111446
dc.publisher.facultyNursingen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectrural healthen_US
dc.subjectmyocardial infarctionen_US
dc.subjectcardiac rehabilitationen_US
dc.subjectaftercareen_US
dc.subjectqualitative researchen_US
dc.subjectgrounded theoryen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationNursingen_US
dc.titleBeing Uncertain: Rural Living Cardiac Patients' Experience of Accessing Healthcareen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNursingen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Nursing (MN)en_US
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