Editorial: Trial and error in chronic illness self-care

Effect of Self-Care Education on the Illness Perception in Patients With Hemodialysis: A Randomized Control Trial

Introduction: The results of studies have shown that inadequate awareness and self-care of patients with chronic renal failure, leads to an incorrect illness perception in these patients. Considering the importance of this issue, this study aimed to investigate the effect of self-care education in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: This was a simple randomized clinical trial. The sta...

A middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness.

Nearly 50% of adults have one or more chronic illnesses. Self-care is considered essential in the management of chronic illness, but the elements of self-care in this context have not been specified in a middle-range theory. This article describes a middle-range theory of self-care that addresses the process of maintaining health with health promoting practices within the context of the managem...

The predictive roles of self-efficacy, illness perception, and social support in self-care of patients with heart failure

Background: As a chronic disease, heart failure (HF) is a growing problem that not only impacts patients but also their family members and friends. Self-care is the main part of HF treatment. Despite the significance of determining variables involved in self-care, the relationships of self-efficacy, illness perception, and social support with self-care and the predictive roles of these variable...

Self-care for minor illness.

AIM To describe experiences with and knowledge of minor illness, self-care interventions used in minor illness and channels of information used when providing self-care for minor illness. BACKGROUND Although minor illness is self-limiting, symptoms can be substantial and have a great impact on the affected person's wellbeing. Possibilities to seek and find information about health and self-ca...

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