Defense Date

5-24-2022

Graduation Date

Spring 5-14-2022

Availability

One-year Embargo

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

Nursing

School

School of Nursing

Committee Chair

L. Kathleen Sekula

Committee Member

Rick Zoucha

Committee Member

Denise Lucas

Committee Member

Barbara Jones Warren

Keywords

sexual assault, health outcomes, health-related quality of life, HRQOL, quality of life

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of sexual assault pre- and post-sexual assault on health, health care experience, and health-related quality of life in adult women. Research identifying quality of life as a health outcome post-sexual assault is limited. No long-term studies to evaluate differences in health-related quality of life pre-and post-sexual assault have been conducted. In addition, only a few studies have investigated mental health changes over time. An exploration into self-perceived general health pre-and post-sexual assault and overall current quality of life needs to be conducted to determine improvements in health care services for patients.

A convergent parallel mixed-method design was used to obtain self-reported general health information. Individual interviews were conducted in the qualitative strand to elicit lived experiences of health pre- and post-sexual assault. Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory using the Process-Person-Context-Time (PPCT) model served as the organizing framework for the quantitative strand. Colaizzi’s (1978) descriptive phenomenology was the methodology used to help understand the lived experience of adult women post-sexual assault.

Language

English

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