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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Disease Self-management"”.
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Patient’s Utilization of Health Information Technologies for Disease Self-Management
… <p>been proven to be a critical component of disease self-management and can result in</p> <p>positive outcomes. Its widespread adoption and utilization is still relatively low among</p> <p>patients with chronic disease. It is important to understand the factors that may impact</p> <p>HITs …
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Community Physiotherapy and Chronic Disease Self-Management for Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults
… older Canadians live with at least one chronic disease. Exercise has been shown to be an effective means to reducing symptoms, and to improving physical dysfunction in chronically ill populations; and self-management is a nationally advocated approach to dealing with the growing health care …
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DNP project : increasing patient portal engagement to promote disease self-management in a rural health clinic
… and barriers to care contribute to poor disease control. Electronic patient portals have demonstrated potential to improve patient engagement, self-management, and health outcomes; however, utilization remains low in rural healthcare settings. Purpose: The purpose of this quality …
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The Dissemination of Clinical Practice Guidelines to Arthritis Health Professionals Using Innovative Strategies
… aging Canadian population with chronic diseases such as arthritis, there is an urgent need for health professionals to promote evidence-based arthritis self-management support to their patients. Objective: The overall objective of this thesis was to determine the feasibility of using …
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Decision-making involvement, self-efficacy, and the relationship to transition readiness in youth with sickle cell disease
… adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease. Increasing transition readiness, the acquisition of disease-specific knowledge and self-management skills, has been proposed as strategy to improve health outcomes for adolescents and young adults (AYA) after transition. To date, few …
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Patient expertise & self-management
Patient expertise and self-management are terms that have been co-popularized through the success of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and Expert Patient Program. This review looks at the intersection of literature that focuses on both patient expertise and self-management. These concepts …
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Investigating self-compassion and meaning in life as facilitators of chronic disease management
Chronic disease is pervasive in the United States, has a negative impact on health, and is expensive to treat. Much research has been performed to identify barriers to successful chronic disease management, yet research has lagged significantly in investigating overarching salutogenic factors that …
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Healthcare Systems : three studies of patient management and policy change
… the other two will be submitted to healthcare management journals after completion of my degree. All three papers introduce new information about either the cost or the behaviors of patients in local clinics, filling a gap in the healthcare system's management and policy literature. The first …
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The IMAGINE Project: Inspiring Vulnerable Adults Through Art and Mindfulness
… helping people reduce and manage stress: chronic disease self-management techniques, mindfulness based stress reduction, solution-focused brief therapy, and mindfulness-based art therapy. However, these programs utilize methods that are costly and require long periods of intervention, which is not …
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Evaluation of an Advanced Practice Nurse Led Inter-professional Collaborative Chronic Care Approach for Kidney Transplant Patients: The TARGET Study
… for adult kidney transplant chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, as compared to a traditional transplant nephrologist led approach in one Canadian hospital transplant setting. Methods: In this non-randomized, controlled study guided by the Chronic Care Model (CCM), a propensity-score …
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A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Diabetes Self-Efficacy in a Rural Primary Care Clinic Through Patient Utilization of a Diabetic Logbook
… in the United States in recent years. Teaching self-management to diabetic patients is essential to help them control their chronic disease. Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy is commonly used in chronic disease self-management programs and is the theoretical framework upon which this …
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Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning for Chronic Disease Management and Prevention: Focus on Asthma
Chronic diseases are the leading causes of decreasing quality of life, hospitalization, disability and death in the United States (US) and all over the world. For a long time, researchers have been seeking ways that promote management and prevention of chronic conditions, (i) to save time, money …
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A self-management programme to empower adults suffering from Gout and their caregivers in the Omaheke region, Namibia
… 291 conditions studied in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) (2010), gout ranked 138th for disability and 173rd for the overall burden of disability-adjusted life years. Statistics assume that in a population of 71,233 there are 200 people in the Omaheke region suffering from gout (Extrapolation …
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A Qualitative Exploration of Self-Care Behaviors for Disease and Symptom Management Among College Students with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
… Mellitus (T1DM), the effects of inadequate management can lead to hospitalizations, additional development of chronic health conditions, and early mortality. Therefore, T1DM self-care behaviors (e.g., administering insulin, monitoring blood glucose) must be performed to minimize disease …
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Formative Evaluation And Pilot-Testing Of A Communication Program For People With Parkinson's Disease
Health professionals and people with Parkinson’s disease both agree that lapses in communication interfere with efficient and effective health care. The Talk4HealthCare program was developed with the aim of helping people with Parkinson's disease to have a collaborative healthcare journey by …
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Develoment of a guideline for professional nurses in Ghana to support self-management in patients with end-stage renal disease
Background End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an increasing public health concern in Ghana, where limited healthcare infrastructure, and high treatment costs often affecting patient outcomes. Supporting patients to manage their conditions is therefore essential. This study aimed to develop an …