Bridging the transition from hospital to home: Effects of the VITAL telehealth program on recovery for CABG surgery patients and their caregivers

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 540-553

  Keeping Burke, Lisa ^a,b   Purden, Margaret ^c,d   Frasure Smith, Nancy ^c,e,f   Cossette, Sylvie ^e,f,g,h   Mccarthy, Frank ⁱ   Amsel, Rhonda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h RIISIQ (Quebec Nursing Intervention Research Network)   (Canada)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Caregivers; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Depression; Health care utilization; Home care; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; TELEHEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887624635     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21571     Document Type: Article

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