Mary K DeLong (author)
Richard Sawatzky (thesis supervisor)
Lena Cuthbertson (second reader)
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham (third reader)
Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)

2018

Nursing

thesis

Person-centred care acknowledges the person behind the patient and can enhance the quality of life of long term care residents. Relational aspects of health care are foundational to person-centred care; this study examines associations between relational aspects of care and residents’ self-reported mental and physical health. A secondary analysis of British Columbia Residential Care Survey data (N = 2,108) used hierarchical multivariate linear regression to evaluate the extent to which relational aspects of care explain variation in self-reported physical and mental health, relative to other care experiences. Relative improvement in relational aspects of care was associated with greater self-reported physical and mental health. For self-reported physical health, relational aspects accounted for 34.5% of the explained variance (R2 = 0.279), and for self-reported mental health, accounted for 48.3% of the explained variance (R2 = 0.274). Relational aspects of care do positively influence residents’ physical and mental health outcomes.

Long-term care facilities.
Older people--Health and hygiene.
Mental health.
Patient-centered health care.