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Quality of life in nurse case management of persons with AIDS receiving home care
Author(s) -
Nickel Jennie T.,
Salsberry Pamela J.,
Caswell Robert J.,
Keller Martin D.,
Long Teresa,
O'Connell Muriel
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199604)19:2<91::aid-nur1>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , case fatality rate , gerontology , descriptive statistics , managed care , family medicine , demography , nursing , health care , environmental health , population , statistics , mathematics , sociology , economics , economic growth
Effects of case management on quality of life were tested with 57 home care patients with AIDS, randomly assigning individuals to either usual care or case‐managed care over the duration of home services (ranging from 5 days to over 2 years). Participants were primarily male (93%), white (79%), and never married (82%). Quality of life was measured monthly using the Quality of Well‐Being Index (QWB). Case‐managed patients showed advantages over the usual care group in descriptive analyses of quality of life and survival. Large standard deviations in the QWB scores resulting from high fatality among subjects impeded statistical analyses of effects. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.