Abstract

Efforts to understand the patterns of self-care strategies that are used by people living with HIV/AIDS are imperative in planning effective symptom management. Because the World Wide Web has been increasingly used as a tool for surveying patients' self-reported responses, discussing its use in health care research would help to integrate technology in research.

The purposes of this study are to categorize self-care strategies and self-care information resources, determine predictors of self-care strategies reported by people living with HIV/AIDS, and compare how web-based surveys and interview surveys may generate different results.

A descriptive, correlational design was used and secondary analysis was applied from a study with both web-based surveys and interview surveys (422 valid surveys).

Description

This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3051038; ProQuest document ID: 304803482. The author still retains copyright.

Authors

Fang-Yu Chou

Author Details

Fang-Yu Chou, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Alpha Eta, Nu Psi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Chronic Illness, Symptom Control, Using Internet for Research

Advisor

William L. Holzemer

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of California, San Francisco

Degree Year

2002

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-02-04

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