Life Constraints and Self- Management Strategies of Older People Living with Chronic Illness. A Qualitative Study
Keywords: Chronic illness; Diabetes mellitus; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Heart failure; Self-Management; Life constraints; Older people; Empowerment; Quality care; Qualitative study Introduction In the 21st century, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause approximately 41 million deaths e...
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Published in | Health science journal Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 1 - 9 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Technological Educational Institute of Athens
01.01.2023
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Summary: | Keywords: Chronic illness; Diabetes mellitus; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Heart failure; Self-Management; Life constraints; Older people; Empowerment; Quality care; Qualitative study Introduction In the 21st century, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause approximately 41 million deaths each year, equivalent to around 71% of all deaths globally [1]. According to the World Health Organization, although longevity increased globally by >6 years in 2019 on average, compared with 2000, only 5 of those additional years were lived in good health; people are living longer but with more disability [2]. To a further extent, inductive content analysis is a systematic and objective method that can be used by the qualitative researcher to gain a thorough understanding of the data and to methodically reduce a big volume of textual data into a clear, short summary of key findings [20]. According to this model, words and sentences of the interviews' text were comprised the units of analysis. |
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ISSN: | 1791-809X 1791-809X |
DOI: | 10.36648/1791-809X.17.7.1036 |