Medication adherence and persistence is recognized as a worldwide public health problem,
particularly important in the management of chronic diseases. Nonadherence to medical …

Aim To identify factors that may serve as facilitators and barriers to self‐management
described by adults living with chronic illness by conducting a qualitative metasynthesis …

The current and long-term health of 14.4 million children and adolescents is affected by
obesity, 1, 2 making it one of the most common pediatric chronic diseases. 3–5 Long …

Objectives There is extensive literature from various disciplines on self-care, an important
aspect of nursing intervention via evaluation and education, but its meaning remains …

Background: Since the situation-specific theory of heart failure (HF) self-care was published
in 2008, we have learned much about how and why patients with HF take care of …

Purpose: Self‐management is a dynamic process in which individuals actively manage a
chronic illness. Self‐management models are limited in their specification of the processes …

Objectives Self-management is a concept frequently used within healthcare but lacks
consensus. It is the aim of this study to clarify the concept. Design Concept analysis …

Background A paradigm shift away from clinician-led management of people with chronic
disorders to people playing a key role in their own care has been advocated. At the same …

This study details the development and validation of a measure of mindful self-care, the
Mindful Self-Care Scale (MSCS). Based on theory and emerging empirical work, the MSCS …

Background Receiving adequate support seems to be crucial to the success of self‐
management. Although different empirical studies separately examined patients' …