Advisor | Fernandez-Pineda, Madeline | |
Author | Whaley, Anna Simone | |
Date Accessioned | 2023-07-13T18:27:54Z | |
Date Available | 2024-05-01T08:02:30Z | |
Date Created | 2023-05 | |
Date of Issue | 2023-04-26 | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.date.submitted | May 2023 | |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13002 | |
Description | Title: Pandemic miscarriages: Social determinants of health and patient experiences
Background/Purpose: Miscarriage is considered the most common complication of pregnancy in the US, with 750,000-1,000,000 cases reported annually and 15-20% being clinically reported. Women suffering from a miscarriage are subjected to poor healthcare experiences that are exacerbated by their social determinants of health (SDOH) (Arpey & Rosenbaum, 2017). The purpose of this secondary data analysis was to examine the relationships between the SDOH and the patient experience of women in North Carolina who miscarried during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study examines demographics and the patient experience survey data collected in the mixed-methods parent study. Using SPSS-28, chi-square tests of independence and independent-sample t-tests were conducted to examine relationships between SDOH and the patient experience (good vs. poor).
Results: Over half of participants reported a poor patient experience. Those with higher levels of income and who are employed full time reported significantly better patient experiences. Age, education, insurance, residential area, marital status, and race/ethnicity were not found to be significantly different between women with good versus poor patient experiences.
Discussion: This study’s results indicate that there may be some implicit bias within healthcare providers interacting with low‐socioeconomic‐status patients. There is an existing evidenced-based relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and provider implicit bias. This relationship should be continually explored and effective interventions to reduce healthcare provider implicit biases should be developed. | |
Mimetype | application/pdf | |
Publisher | East Carolina University | |
Subject | Covid-19 pandemic | |
Subject | miscarriage | |
Subject | social determinants of health | |
Subject | patient experience | |
Title | Miscarriages during the pandemic: Relationships between social determinants of health and patient experience | |
Type | Honors Thesis | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.date.updated | 2023-06-30T13:44:54Z | |
Department | Nursing | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.name | BS | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.level | Undergraduate | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.discipline | Nursing | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.grantor | East Carolina University | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.department | Nursing | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.access.option | Open Access | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.embargo.lift | 2024-05-01 | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.type.material | text | |