An Analysis and Evaluation of the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms
| Autor: | Seung Eun Lee, Catherine Vincent, Lorna Finnegan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Program evaluation
030504 nursing Nursing research Symptom assessment Semantics Structural consistency law.invention Focus (linguistics) Nursing Research 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis CLARITY Humans Symptom Assessment 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology General Nursing Testability Program Evaluation Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Nursing Science. 40:E16-E39 |
| ISSN: | 0161-9268 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/ans.0000000000000141 |
| Popis: | The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms was developed to enhance understanding of relationships among multiple symptoms and symptom experiences. Although the theory has been used to guide research, no formal critique of the theory has been published since 2000. This article comprehensively analyzes and evaluates the theory using Fawcett and DeSanto-Madeya's framework. Although its semantic clarity, semantic and structural consistency, and parsimony could be improved, the theory demonstrates good social and theoretical significance, testability, and empirical and pragmatic adequacy. Understanding multiple patient symptoms is essential, and the theory demonstrates that nurses should focus on multiple rather than individual symptoms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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