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Assessing the Feasibility of Using Telemedicine to Identify Depressive Symptomatology within the Long-Term Home Parenteral Nutrition Population
dc.contributor.advisor | Hamilton, Nancy | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Nelson, Eve-Lynn | |
dc.contributor.author | Adams, Natasia J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-15T02:02:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-15T02:02:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15038 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/24166 | |
dc.description.abstract | Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN), a common nutritional support therapy, corrects for nutrient imbalances caused by a malfunctioning gastrointestinal tract outside a medical in patient setting. Patients utilizing HPN face psychosocial challenges, particularly depression, that go undetected due to their confinement within a home environment and lack daily interactions with healthcare professionals. Telemedicine, as a mode of treatment, can assist healthcare professionals in the detection of depression. In the current study, raters coded 25 long-term HPN patients in facilitated group discussions with the modified Raskin scale (a 21-item observer rating scale) to assess the feasibility of utilizing a technology- supported platform to identify depressive symptomatology within a chronically ill population. Results showed the modified Raskin scale to have predictive but not concurrent validity. Thus, the modified Raskin scale showed promise as a tool for healthcare professionals, who wish to use telemedicine as a treatment avenue to detect and monitor depression amongst long-term HPN patients. | |
dc.format.extent | 43 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Psychobiology | |
dc.subject | depression | |
dc.subject | home parenteral nutrition | |
dc.subject | observer rating scale | |
dc.subject | telemedicine | |
dc.title | Assessing the Feasibility of Using Telemedicine to Identify Depressive Symptomatology within the Long-Term Home Parenteral Nutrition Population | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Baker, Tamara | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Psychology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | ||
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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