TY - JOUR
T1 - From Organizing Medicine to Cooking With More Leafy Greens
T2 - A Dyadic, Qualitative Analysis of How Older African American Couples Take Care of Each Other’s Health
AU - Rauer, Amy
AU - Cooke, Wendy Mc Lean
AU - Haselschwerdt, Megan
AU - Winters-Stone, Kerri
AU - Hornbuckle, Lyndsey
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Guided by the Dyadic Theory of Illness Management, we explored spousal health management behaviors and their congruence within seventeen older African American married couples participating in a dyadic exercise intervention. Both prior to and after the intervention, spouses reported how they took care of their partner’s health as well as what their partner did for them. Data were analyzed using theoretical thematic analysis, and five health management behaviors domains were identified (diet, exercise, self-care, medical compliance, relationship maintenance). Both partners were most likely to encourage healthier diets and exercise. Wives tended to report more behaviors compared to husbands. Couples had little congruence in their appraisals of each other’s health management behaviors, and patterns were stable over time. Findings suggest incongruence in couples’ health management behaviors represented complementary, collaborative efforts to support each other and that husbands may underestimate how much care they both provide to and receive from their wives.
AB - Guided by the Dyadic Theory of Illness Management, we explored spousal health management behaviors and their congruence within seventeen older African American married couples participating in a dyadic exercise intervention. Both prior to and after the intervention, spouses reported how they took care of their partner’s health as well as what their partner did for them. Data were analyzed using theoretical thematic analysis, and five health management behaviors domains were identified (diet, exercise, self-care, medical compliance, relationship maintenance). Both partners were most likely to encourage healthier diets and exercise. Wives tended to report more behaviors compared to husbands. Couples had little congruence in their appraisals of each other’s health management behaviors, and patterns were stable over time. Findings suggest incongruence in couples’ health management behaviors represented complementary, collaborative efforts to support each other and that husbands may underestimate how much care they both provide to and receive from their wives.
KW - African American couples
KW - dyadic analysis
KW - exercise intervention
KW - health management
KW - older adults
KW - qualitative inquiry
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U2 - 10.1177/01640275241227557
DO - 10.1177/01640275241227557
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85182238721
SN - 0164-0275
JO - Research on Aging
JF - Research on Aging
ER -