The Caring Life Course Theory: Opening new frontiers in care-A cardiac rehabilitation example.

ABSTRACT:

Aim(s)

To operationalize the Caring Life Course Theory (CLCT) as a framework for improving cardiac rehabilitation (CR) engagement and informing ways to address disparities in rural, low socio-economic areas.

Methods

A secondary analysis of data collected from 15 CR programmes to identify CR patterns through the CLCT lens using a mixed-methods approach. All analytical processes were conducted in NVivo, coding qualitative data through thematic analysis based on CLCT constructs. Relationships among these constructs were quantitatively assessed using Jaccard coefficients and hierarchical clustering via dendrogram analysis to identify related clusters.

Results

A strong interconnectedness among constructs: 'care from others', 'capability', 'care network' and 'care provision

SUBMITTER: Pinero de Plaza MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12271659 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature