ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2025
The Caring Life Course Theory: Opening new frontiers in care-A cardiac rehabilitation example.
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- Defining Life Stages and Mapping Care Trajectories: A Narrative Review of Life-Course Theories, Models and Frameworks.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
- Measuring the Science of Caring: A Patient-Centred Predictive Model for the Caring Interaction.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- The Caring Life Course Theory: Opening new frontiers in care-A cardiac rehabilitation example.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
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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.
methodsA 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.
resultsA strong interconnectedness among constructs: 'care from others', 'capability', 'care network' and 'care provision' (coefficient = 1) highlights their entangled crucial role in CR. However, significant conceptual disparities between 'care biography' and 'fundamental care' (coefficient = 0.4) and between 'self-care' and 'care biography' (coefficient = 0.384615) indicate a need for more aligned and personalized care approaches within CR.
conclusionThe CLCT provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework to address disparities in CR, facilitating a personalized approach to enhance engagement in rural and underserved regions. IMPLICATIONS: Integrating CLCT into CR programme designs could effectively address participation challenges, demonstrating the theory's utility in developing targeted, accessible care interventions/solutions. IMPACT: Explored the challenge of low CR engagement in rural, low socio-economic settings. Uncovered care provision, transitions and individual care biographies' relevance for CR engagement. Demonstrated the potential of CLCT to inform/transform CR services for underserved populations, impacting practices and outcomes. REPORTING
methodEQUATOR-MMR-RHS. PATIENT CONTRIBUTION: A consumer co-researcher contributed to all study phases.
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