University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2010 Nov-Dec;27(6):537-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00881.x. Epub 2010 Sep 22.
Our study describes the services faith-community nurses provide to a community-dwelling sample of patients with elevated blood pressure.
The faith-community nurses completed a survey describing services provided to study participants at each patient encounter. We describe the type of contact and the frequency and types of services provided to these patients. From October 2006 to October 2007, we conducted a partnered study with a faith-community nursing program and enrolled 100 adults with elevated blood pressure from church health fairs.
Patient demographics and faith-community nurse services provided.
Data from 63 of 108 (58%) visits to faith-community nurses made by 33 participants were collected from surveys completed by the nurses. The majority of the participants were female (64%), Latino (61%), with an average age of 59 (SD=11) years and incomes below US$30,000 (83%). The most frequent services patients received from faith-community nurses were blood pressure measurement (73%), hypertension-specific education on dietary changes (67%), and supportive counseling (56%).
Faith-community nurses represent a new method of supportive self-management for low-income individuals with a chronic condition who may otherwise have limited access to health services. Further research is needed to understand the effect of faith-community nurse interventions on improving chronic disease health outcomes in these communities.
我们的研究描述了信仰社区护士为社区中血压升高的患者提供的服务。
信仰社区护士完成了一项调查，描述了他们在每次患者就诊时为研究参与者提供的服务。我们描述了与这些患者的联系类型、服务的频率和类型。从 2006 年 10 月至 2007 年 10 月，我们与一个信仰社区护理项目合作进行了一项研究，从教会健康博览会上招募了 100 名血压升高的成年人。
患者人口统计学数据和信仰社区护士提供的服务。
从 33 名参与者的 108 次（58%）信仰社区护士就诊中收集了 63 次访问的数据，这些数据来自护士填写的调查。大多数参与者是女性（64%）、拉丁裔（61%），平均年龄为 59（SD=11）岁，收入低于 30000 美元（83%）。患者从信仰社区护士那里获得的最常见的服务是血压测量（73%）、关于饮食改变的高血压特异性教育（67%）和支持性咨询（56%）。
信仰社区护士代表了一种为收入较低的慢性病患者提供支持性自我管理的新方法，这些患者可能无法获得卫生服务。需要进一步研究，以了解信仰社区护士干预对改善这些社区慢性疾病健康结果的影响。
