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Content Domain for Caregiver Planning Identified by Adult Offspring Caregivers
Article first published online: 2 OCT 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb01172.x
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England, M. (1996), Content Domain for Caregiver Planning Identified by Adult Offspring Caregivers. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 28: 17–22. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb01172.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 2 OCT 2007
- Article first published online: 2 OCT 2007
- Accepted for publication March 23, 1995
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Keywords:
- caregiver planning;
- taxonomic structure;
- concept development;
- existence theory;
- content validity;
- adult offspring
The purpose of the study was to generate a description of caregiver planning and explain how the concept advanced knowledge of lay caregiver decision-making. Nearly 2,000 decisions of 168 adult offspring caregivers were classified into one of 12 categories using an a priori taxonomic structure for caregiver planning. Coefficient kappas for intra- and inter-rater reliability of the classifications ranged from .97 to .81. The computer program, Ethnograph, and existence theory then were used to organize the classifications in a more detailed manner given the a priori taxonomic structure. Findings from the study showed that the content of the subjects’decisions produced a relatively detailed, complete, and reliable description of caregiver planning. This information can help nurses and lay caregivers to further develop an ongoing pattern of decision-making about caregiving.