EFFECT OF DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS ON NURSES' EVALUATIONS OF THE COMPLIANCE OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETICS.
Contributors: California School Of Professional Psychology - San Diego.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Psychology, Clinical.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Pathology.
Description: Ninety-one medical-surgical nurses participated in a study of the effects of disease-related difficulties on nurses' evaluations of the compliance of an insulin dependent diabetic patient. It was hypothesized that nurses given information regarding disease-related difficulties would rate the patient as less compliant, and would rate them more negatively along a series of personality traits. It was further hypothesized that this response would be mediated by the nurses' level of cognitive complexity, such that nurses lower in cognitive complexity would rate the patient more negatively when given information regarding disease-related difficulties. Nurses were randomly assigned into three groups to receive information regarding disease-related difficulties: none, diabetic retinopathy, and insulin reaction. None of the hypotheses were supported by the data. There was, however, a significant correlation between the compliance and trait ratings such that nurses who rated the patient less compliant also rated the patient more negatively along the series of attributes provided. The results are discussed in terms of previous research on health professional-patient interactions.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-05, Section: B, page: 2621.

Thesis (PH.D.)--CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - SAN DIEGO, 1990.

School code: 0379.