Although research in home health care nursing has increased, limited attention has been focused on the scope and depth of this body of science, particularly research addressing interventions and effectiveness. As part of a larger research project to identify and quantify the current state of the science in home health care nursing, the subset of intervention studies in refereed journals 1990-2000 were analyzed to identify the following: (1) research focus (client, provider, management, organizational community), (2) research design, (3) outputs (client, provider, and/or organizational), and (4) client outcomes (person, caregiver, family, community). Data analysis procedures including content analysis, reduction techniques, and use of the arcs© computational modeling program will be summarized. Data were analyzed for patterns and themes, thematic scope and depth, and change over time. While acknowledging the contribution of research to improving client outcomes in some areas, results suggest gaps in the quantity and quality of client-centered and other intervention-based home health care research. Using data from this study and NINR, HHNA, ACHNE, NAHC and Healthy People 2010, future research trends and priorities will be discussed.
Learning Objectives: 1. Indentify the current state of the science in home health care based intervention research. 2. Discuss research themes over the time period 1990-2000 including growth in client-centered outcome research. 3. Analyze gaps in the science and, based on study results and comment from national organizations involved in research, discuss priorities for future home health care nursing research.
Keywords: Research, Home Care
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