The Structure of Everyday Self-Care Decision Making in Chronic Illness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4705151
AutoresSally Thorne (0000-0002-1156-9425, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), Barbara Paterson (0000-0002-4348-424X, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), Cynthia K Russell (0000-0001-6128-827X, University of Tennessee Health Science Center), Cynthia Russell (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis)
Ano2003
Volume13
Fascículo10
Páginas1337-1352
Data de publicação2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732303258039
PMID14658350
OpenAlexW2170997057
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas36
Referências citadas22

As health care reform strategists increasingly recognize the critically important potential of effective everyday self-care decision making for reducing the burden of illness and the strain on health service systems, wemust find ways to understand and support it. In this study, the authors investigate persons with expertise in self-care management of type 2 diabetes,HIV/AIDS, and multiple sclerosis to understand how everyday self-care decision making is learned and experienced. They used interview, think-aloud, and focus groups to construct an account of how persons affected by these chronic diseases make decisions in relation to the choices in their everyday lives and learn to manage the untoward effects of these conditions accordingto their unique contexts and values. The findings form a conceptual foundation for ongoing inquiry into this complex phenomenon and provide insights that might assist clinicians to understand more fully the responses and attitudes of those they serve

Health care · Political science · Qualitative research · Self care · Self-management · Sociology · Anthropology · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Computer Science · Diabetes Management and Education · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology