King Kathryn M, LeBlanc Pamela, Carr William, Quan Hude
University of Calgary, Canada.
West J Nurs Res. 2007 Nov;29(7):804-26. doi: 10.1177/0193945906296431. Epub 2007 May 25.
The authors have undertaken a series of grounded theory studies to describe and explain how ethnocultural affiliation and gender influence the process that cardiac patients undergo when faced with making behavior changes associated with reducing their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Data were collected through audiorecorded semistructured interviews (using an interpreter as necessary), and the authors analyzed the data using constant comparative methods. The core variable that emerged through the series of studies was "meeting the challenge." Here, the authors describe the findings from a sample of Chinese immigrants (10 men, 5 women) to Canada. The process of managing CVD risk for the Chinese immigrants was characterized by their extraordinary diligence in seeking multiple sources of information to enable them to manage their health.
作者开展了一系列扎根理论研究，以描述和解释种族文化归属及性别如何影响心脏病患者在面临与降低心血管疾病（CVD）风险相关的行为改变时所经历的过程。数据通过录音半结构化访谈收集（必要时使用口译员），作者使用持续比较法对数据进行分析。通过一系列研究得出的核心变量是“迎接挑战”。在此，作者描述了来自加拿大的中国移民样本（10名男性，5名女性）的研究结果。中国移民管理CVD风险的过程特点是，他们极其勤奋地寻求多种信息来源，以使自己能够管理健康。
