There has been little attempt to summarise and synthesise qualitative studies concerning the
experience and perception of living with Parkinson's disease. Bringing this information …

Background Schizophrenia is a disabling disease that impacts all major life areas. There is a
growing need for meeting the challenge of disability from a perspective that extends …

The World Health Organization (WHO) concept of human functioning represents a new way
of thinking about health that has wide-ranging consequences. This article explicates this …

Narrative research approaches provide the opportunity for constructing a detailed
understanding of lived experiences relevant to medical education, in areas such as illness …

Purpose: The purpose of the current research was to review the lived experiences of
patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in order to extrapolate the psychological process of …

Purpose: To identify experiences of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) in terms of social
capital and its components (ie, social networks, trust, and interpersonal relationships) and …

Objective To test the hypothesis of 'horizontal epidemiology', ie that psychosocial difficulties
(PSDs), such as sleep disturbances, emotional instability and difficulties in personal …

Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune neurological disease that
significantly influences the health-related quality of life of individuals, their families, and …

Despite the huge body of research on social support, literature has been primarily focused
on its beneficial role for both physical and mental health. It is still unclear why people with …

Objectives This exploratory study identifies barriers and facilitators to self-management to
inform future epilepsy self-management interventions for persons who have epilepsy …