Self-management in chronic conditions: partners in health scale instrument validation.
Nurs Manag (Harrow)
; 20(10): 32-7, 2014 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24571163
AIMS: This article describes a study that aimed to validate the Self-care in Chronic Conditions Partners in Health Scale instrument in the Mexican population. The instrument has been validated in Australia for use as a screening tool by primary healthcare professionals to assess the self-care skills and abilities of people with a chronic illness. METHODS: Validation was conducted using baseline data for 552 people with diabetes, hypertension and cancer aged 18 or older who were users of healthcare centres in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. RESULTS: Results show high reliability and validity of the instrument and three themes were identified: knowledge, adherence, and dealing with and managing side effects. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest the scale is useful as a generic self-rated clinical tool for assessing self-management in a range of chronic conditions, and provides an outcome measure for comparing populations and change in patient self-management knowledge and behaviour. The authors recommend validating the scale in other Latin-American settings with more research into the effect of gender on self- management.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autocuidado
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Doença Crônica
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Hipertensão
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Manag (Harrow)
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Reino Unido