• Contemp Nurse · Mar 2004

    Review

    Researching continuity of care: can quality of life outcomes be linked to nursing care?

    • Anne McMurray, Karen Theobald, and Wendy Chaboyer.
    • Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland.
    • Contemp Nurse. 2004 Mar 3;16(1-2):51-61.

    AbstractResearch that informs nursing interventions across the care continuum is vital, especially with shortened hospital stays. Measuring Quality of Life (QOL) and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) helps identfy health status improvements, but fails to provide insight into the effectiveness of nursing interventions aimed at continuity of care. Four research examples illustrate the need for complementary, qualitative studies of what patients and their families think, feel, need and want. These indicate a need to reconceptualise the research agenda in terms of the complexity and settings of nursing practice, and the need for informational as well as statistical significance.

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