Multi-morbidity: A patient perspective on navigating the health care system and everyday life.
Chronic Illn
; 14(4): 271-282, 2018 12.
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| ID: mdl-28914088
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The importance of everyday life when managing the burden of treatment is rarely studied. This article explores the burden of treatment among people with multi-morbidity by investigating the tension between everyday life and the health care system.METHOD:
This was an ethnographic study using individual interviews and participant-observations. An inductive analytical approach was applied, moving from observations and results to broader generalisations.RESULTS:
People with multi-morbidity experience dilemmas related to their individual priorities in everyday life and the management of their treatment burdens. Dilemmas were identified within three domains family and social life; work life; agendas and set goals in appointments with health professionals. Individual resources and priorities in everyday life play a dominant role in resolving dilemmas and navigating the tension between everyday life and the health care system.DISCUSSION:
People with multi-morbidity are seldom supported by health professionals in resolving the dilemmas they must face. This study suggests an increased focus on patient-centredness and argues in favour of planning health care through cooperation between health professionals and people with multi-morbidity in a way that integrates both health and everyday life priorities.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Atividades Cotidianas
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Navegação de Pacientes
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Autogestão
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Multimorbidade
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article