Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study

People living in rural Iceland have a higher rate of cardiovascular risk factors and healthcare utilisation compared to people in urban areas. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of people with coronary heart disease, living in rural Iceland regarding patient education,...

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Autores principales: Thórunn Björg Jóhannsdóttir, Brynja Ingadottir, Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:efea0ab462ff4fd094918c9fd9c2ae6a2021-12-01T14:41:00ZRural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study2242-398210.1080/22423982.2021.2007667https://doaj.org/article/efea0ab462ff4fd094918c9fd9c2ae6a2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.2007667https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982People living in rural Iceland have a higher rate of cardiovascular risk factors and healthcare utilisation compared to people in urban areas. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of people with coronary heart disease, living in rural Iceland regarding patient education, surveillance, and self-care support. The participants (N = 14, age 52‒79 years, 8 male), were interviewed 6 to 12 months after hospital discharge following a cardiac event (in 2018‒2019). Systematic text-condensation was used for analysis. The findings were categorised into three main themes: Education and support describes inadequate patient education and support from health-care professionals after discharge from hospitaland how the internet was the main information source supplemented with spouse’s and family support. Local healthcare services describe thelack of and importance of access to health-care professionals, stable services, and underutilisation of telemedicine and primary healthcare in the local area, and Self-care behaviour describes the lack of professional support with lifestyle changes and how the participants manage self-care as well as their attitudes towards the disease. The results indicate that access to continuous healthcare services and person-centred support focusing on prevention strategies are widely impaired in rural areas in Iceland.Thórunn Björg JóhannsdóttirBrynja IngadottirMargrét Hrönn SvavarsdóttirTaylor & Francis Grouparticlecoronary heart diseasepatient educationlifestylerural healthqualitative researchself-caretelemedicineArctic medicine. Tropical medicineRC955-962ENInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021)
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topic coronary heart disease
patient education
lifestyle
rural health
qualitative research
self-care
telemedicine
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
spellingShingle coronary heart disease
patient education
lifestyle
rural health
qualitative research
self-care
telemedicine
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Thórunn Björg Jóhannsdóttir
Brynja Ingadottir
Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir
Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
description People living in rural Iceland have a higher rate of cardiovascular risk factors and healthcare utilisation compared to people in urban areas. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of people with coronary heart disease, living in rural Iceland regarding patient education, surveillance, and self-care support. The participants (N = 14, age 52‒79 years, 8 male), were interviewed 6 to 12 months after hospital discharge following a cardiac event (in 2018‒2019). Systematic text-condensation was used for analysis. The findings were categorised into three main themes: Education and support describes inadequate patient education and support from health-care professionals after discharge from hospitaland how the internet was the main information source supplemented with spouse’s and family support. Local healthcare services describe thelack of and importance of access to health-care professionals, stable services, and underutilisation of telemedicine and primary healthcare in the local area, and Self-care behaviour describes the lack of professional support with lifestyle changes and how the participants manage self-care as well as their attitudes towards the disease. The results indicate that access to continuous healthcare services and person-centred support focusing on prevention strategies are widely impaired in rural areas in Iceland.
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author Thórunn Björg Jóhannsdóttir
Brynja Ingadottir
Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir
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Brynja Ingadottir
Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir
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title Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
title_short Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
title_full Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
title_fullStr Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
title_sort rural patients’ experience of education, surveillance, and self-care support after heart disease related hospitalisation: a qualitative study
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
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