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Table 4 Aspects of subjective perspectives of residents and caregivers (qualitative component)

From: Complementary medicine in nursing homes - results of a mixed methods pilot study

Residents

Caregivers

• Experience of care and naturopathic applications

• Experience of care and naturopathic applications

• Therapeutic relationship

• Relationship with residents

• Health complaints

• Professional self-concept

• Illness experience

• Illness perceptions and concepts

• Illness perceptions and concepts

• Working conditions, job satisfaction

• Self-efficacy, control of reinforcement, sense of coherence

• Stress

• Perspectives on the future

• Identification with the employing organization

 

• Motivation

 

• Quality of care, caring competencies

 

• Co-operation within the caring team

 

• Self-experiences with naturopathy

  1. Note: These items were pre-defined and informed a set of practice-oriented open questions collected in a field manual. Questions were situationally adapted to meet the interviewee (be it nursing home directors, heads of nursing, nurses, nurses’ aides or residents).