Communication Studies and Health Communication M.S. Program, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA.
Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Oct;85(1):26-30. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.08.003. Epub 2010 Sep 15.
Understanding how geographic distance impacts how individuals communicatively negotiate family caregiving is important for a number of reasons. Though long-distance caregiving (LDC) is a growing phenomenon with serious relational and health implications, this topic has yet to be approached from a communication perspective. In this review, LDC is thus considered as a communication context to offer caregiving scholars practical applications for contributing to this emerging research area.
Review of the literature from 1999 to 2009 that studied aspects of distance caregiving communication obtained through searching Academic Search Premier, EBSCO, Communication and Mass Media Complete, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, PubMed/Medline, and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition online databases.
Eight published original research studies were included in the review.
The extent to which LDC communication is studied by caregiving researchers has the potential to provide helpful guidance for distant caregivers and care recipients to achieve successful health and relational outcomes.
Upon reviewing distance caregiving communication research findings, four applications are discussed: (1) defining distance as a subjective experience; (2) encouraging the use of mediated communication in LDC; and examining (3) interpersonal conflict and (4) topic avoidance processes in the LDC context.
了解地理距离如何影响个体在家庭护理方面的交际协商，这在很多方面都很重要。尽管长途护理（LDC）是一种日益普遍的现象，对人际关系和健康都有严重影响，但从传播学的角度来探讨这一话题还很少见。因此，在本综述中，我们将 LDC 视为一种交际情境，为护理学者提供了为这一新兴研究领域做出贡献的实际应用。
通过在 Academic Search Premier、EBSCO、Communication and Mass Media Complete、PsycArticles、PsycInfo、PubMed/Medline 和 Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition 在线数据库中搜索，对 1999 年至 2009 年间研究远距离护理沟通方面的文献进行了回顾。
综述纳入了 8 项已发表的原始研究。
护理研究人员对 LDC 沟通的研究程度有可能为远距离护理者和护理接受者提供有益的指导，以实现良好的健康和人际关系结果。
在回顾远距离护理沟通研究结果后，讨论了以下四个应用：（1）将距离定义为一种主观体验；（2）鼓励在 LDC 中使用中介沟通；（3）在 LDC 背景下研究人际冲突和（4）话题回避过程。
