Individuals with lower limb loss (LLL) need education to adapt to their amputation. Self-management programs provide education and supportive skills to manage health-related physical and psychological...
To assess the usability of SMART among individuals with LLL....
The study used a concurrent and retrospective think-aloud process....
Individuals with LLL, aged 18 years or older (n = 9), reviewed the modules during an online video conferencing session with an assessor. SMART included four stakeholder-informed modules with 18 total ...
The median age was 58 (range: 30-69) years. Overall, SMART was perceived as straightforward, easy to navigate, and an accessible resource for education and skills. Difficulties were identified with na...
SMART was redesigned to address the usability issues. The next step is to explore the perceived usefulness of SMART for content and intention to use....
To develop a self-management instrument for organ transplant recipients that incorporates self-regulations skills and to determine its measurement properties....
The instrument includes concepts from social cognitive models: problem awareness, attitude, self-efficacy, motivation, social support, goal setting, goal pursuit, skills and goal affect. The measureme...
After face and content validity assessment 47 items were entered into the exploratory factor analysis. The analysis showed two meaningful factors, with internal consistency of 0.90 and 0.89. Spearman ...
The Self-regulation skills instrument in transplantation (SSIt) is a valid and reliable instrument to asses necessary skills for self-management after transplantation and may be useful for other patie...
Insight into self-regulation competencies can help healthcare professionals to tailor self-management support....
Epilepsy is a chronic disease and the most prevalent neurologic condition after stroke. Self-management (SM) is one of the main components of chronic disease management. It actively engages patients i...
This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2019. The participants were seventy PWE conveniently recruited from four healthcare centers in Shahrekord, Iran, and randomly allocated to a control (n =...
Totally, 33 participants in the intervention group and 34 participants in the control group completed the study. There were no significant between-group differences regarding the pretest mean scores o...
SM education and support intervention are effective in significantly improving the self-efficacy, self-esteem, and quality of life in PWE....
Self-management support is considered an important component in the physiotherapeutic treatment of people with chronic low back pain. The stratified blended physiotherapy intervention e-Exercise Low B...
The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the self-management behaviour after a physiotherapist guided blended self-management intervention in people with chronic low back pain....
A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews nested within a randomized controlled trial on the (cost-)effectiveness of e-Exercise Low Back Pain was conducted....
Thematic analysis was used to analyse the transcriptions. A hybrid process of both deductive and inductive approaches was used....
After 12 interviews, data saturation was reached. Analysis of the data yielded six themes related to self-management behaviour: illness beliefs, coping, cognitions, social support and resource utiliza...
In our study the majority of the participants seemed to show adequate self-management behaviour when experiencing low back pain. Most participants first try to gain control over their low back pain th...
Asthma is a common long-term condition and major public health problem. Supported self-management for asthma that includes a written personalised asthma action plan, supported by regular professional ...
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The evidence for supported asthma self-management is overwhelming. This study will add to the literature regarding strategies that can effectively implement supported self-management in primary care t...
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Perceptually, there is a discrepancy between research evidence and clinical physiotherapy practice for supporting self-management in people with low back pain (LBP)....
This study aimed to explore physiotherapists' understanding of LBP; ascertain their knowledge of self-management concepts; and explore their attitudes and beliefs about supporting self-management for ...
Interpretive Description qualitative methodology, involving in-depth data interpretation to clinical practice, was used....
Semi-structured interviews with physiotherapists throughout New Zealand were conducted via video conferencing. Data was analysed and themes were defined....
Seventeen physiotherapists (24-65 years old), with between one and 40+ years of experience, participated. Four main themes were defined: 1) Evolving understanding of LBP, 2) apportioning responsibilit...
Novel findings from this research demonstrate examples of attitudes and beliefs that determine when and how self-management for people with LBP is implemented. Due to these attitudes and beliefs, phys...
MyArthritisRx.com (MARx) is an online digital platform with resources to effectively manage osteoarthritis and directs patients to the appropriate information and tools to manage their disease. The ke...
The complex nature of epilepsy disease confronts individuals with difficulties such as stigma. Stigma has a negative impact, particularly on individuals' coping with the disease. It is important for i...
This descriptive and associational study was conducted in the Neurology Outpatient Clinic of a Training and Research Hospital and 295 patients were included in the sample based on various inclusion cr...
The Stigma Scale of Epilepsy total mean score was found 60.62 ± 15.40 in individuals diagnosed with epilepsy. The mean scores for the sub-scales were found 7.08 ± 2.20 for the false beliefs sub-scale,...
This study found that individuals experienced a moderate level of stigma and had high levels of self-management. Stigma was found to decrease with the increase in the self-management level. In this re...
To examine the impact of a co-created culturally sensitive diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) intervention on the physical and mental health of immigrants with type 2 diabetes (T2D...
Rates of prediabetes, which can lead to type 2 diabetes, are increasing worldwide. Interventions for prediabetes mainly focus on lifestyle changes to diet and exercise. While these interventions are e...
We developed a targeted search strategy and relevant studies were identified through searches conducted in four bibliographic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, and Scopus). Published studies were ...
Twenty-nine studies were included, of which nine were randomised controlled trials. Most efficacy studies reported significant changes in at least one primary and/or secondary outcome, including parti...
Whilst the evidence here suggests that digital interventions to support prediabetes self-management are acceptable and have the potential to reduce one's risk of progression to type 2 diabetes, more r...
